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Mike Lee: “I think you have to presume that the patent is invalid in order, legitimately, to call it pay for delay.”

On the recordJuly 22, 2013
I think you have to presume that the patent is invalid in order, legitimately, to call it pay for delay.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Senator Lee discusses the presumption of patent validity in relation to payments.

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