Supreme Court rejects Allergan, Saint Regis Mohawk appeal in patent case
The rejection brings to an end an effort by the drugmaker and Native American tribe to invoke sovereign immunity to protect patents covering the dry-eye drug Restasis.
Allergan, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe ask SCOTUS to hear Restasis patent case
A federal court last year put the kibosh on a deal whereby Allergan transferred to the tribe the Restasis patents, which the tribe then licensed back to Allergan, asserting tribal sovereign immunity to have generic companies' challenge to the patents dismissed.
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