Paper
Journal of Commercial Biotechnology (2005) 11, 364–368; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jcb.3040138
Kinik: Raising the stakes for importing products derived from US patented processes practised abroad
Scott B Familant
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10103, USA, Tel: +1 212 506 5000, Fax: +1 212 506 5151, E-mail: sfamilant@orrick.com
Revised 22 April 2005.
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Abstract
This paper analyses the recent ruling in Kinik Co. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 362 F.3d 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2004), and the impact that decision may have on proceedings before the US International Trade Commission under the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 USC §1337(a)) – particularly those concerning the importation of products derived from practising US patented processes abroad.
Keywords:
Kinik, importation, 35 USC §271(g), 19 USC §1337(a)(1)(B)(ii)
