Readers following the Nexavar compulsory licensing story will know that multi-national pharma companies had expected the US to defend their patents. In fact, as the SpicyIP blog notes, the US reaction has been muted. US trade policy is a complex issue but this does seem a surprisingly calm reaction from the world’s foremost protector of IP.
Sorry. This had a bad link in it. Both hyperlinks now point to the correct part of the Spicy IP blog