Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
September 2003

In this Issue:

• No Color Overdose: Pill Appearance Found Functional:
  Pharmaceutical companies in the Third Circuit may now find it harder to stop generic drug manufacturers from copying the shapes and colors of their brand-name medications.
• No Fishing in the §271(E)(1) Safe Harbor:
  Medical, chemical and biotech companies should take heed of the Federal Circuit’s recent opinion in Integra LifeSciences I, Ltd. v. Merck KGaA, 331 F.3d 860 (Fed. Cir. 2003), which narrows the scope of the “safe harbor” provision of 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(1).
• Brief Updates:
• ¡Ole! Madrid Arrives
• Paying for Sex.com

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