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14 Alb. L.J. Sci. & Tech. 397 (2003-2004)
The Cure for Deadly Patent Practices: Preventing Technology Suppression and Patent Shelving in the Life Sciences

handle is hein.journals/albnyst14 and id is 405 raw text is: THE CURE FOR DEADLY PATENT PRACTICES: PREVENTING TECHNOLOGY SUPPRESSION AND PATENT SHELVING IN THE LIFE SCIENCES Charles Allen Black * TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ....................................... 398 II. WHY WOULD COMPANIES WANT TO CAUSE UNNECESSARY DEATH AND SUFFERING? ............... 399 A. Background ............... ..................... 401 1. Patented Technology Necessary for Life ..... 403 2. The Need for Patents in Life Sciences ....... 405 3. The Dangers of Patented, but Unregulated, Life Science Technology ...................... 407 4. How Can Suppressing a Patent Increase Profits? .................................... 408 B. Sustaining versus Disruptive Technology in M arkets .......................................... 410 C. What if a Patent Covers a Disruptive Technology? ..................................... 412 1. Identifying Disruptive Technology in the Health Sciences .............................. 415 III. CASE STUDIES OF TECHNOLOGY SUPPRESSION IN THE LIFE SCIENCES ....................................... 418 A. Technology Suppression Through Marketing ..... 418 1. Case Study 1. A Nauseating Tale: the Cure for Stomach Ulcers .......................... 418 B. Patent Shelving .................................. 422 • B.A., summa cum laude, 1988 (English), University of Alabama at Birmingham; Ph.D., 1997 (Immunology), University of Newcastle, Australia; J.D., cum laude, 2003, University of Pittsburgh School of Law. The author would like to thank Professor Kevin Ashley for his invaluable guidance in crafting this Article, and Professor Michael Madison and Mr. Stuart Kim for their insightful criticisms and comments. This work was supported by the Samuelson-Glushko Fellowship in Intellectual Property and Technology Law.

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