Experimental Use Defense to Patent Infringement: Scope, Limitations, and Implementation by Common Law vs. Statute

Dr. Noonan's practice involves all aspects of patent prosecution, interferences, and litigation. He represents pharmaceutical companies both large and small on a myriad of issues, as well as several universities in both patenting and licensing to outside investors. Dr. Noonan also has over 20 years of experience as a molecular biologist, and is a founding author of the Patent Docs weblog, which focuses on biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent law. He has also filed amicus briefs to district courts, the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court involving patenting issues relevant to biotechnology.

Dr. Torrance is leading the intellectual property department at the Eli and Edythe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, which is often referred to as the Broad Institute. He is on temporary leave from his position as the Paul E. Wilson Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law. He leads a team of attorneys and other legal professionals who protect technologies with patents, or where appropriate, open source them, so their benefits are widely disseminated around the world. Dr. Torrance has given more than 100 scholarly presentations at numerous universities, research organizations, governments, and intergovernmental agencies. He has also published more than 25 scholarly works. His scholarship has appeared in such journals as the Yale Journal of Law and Technology, Stanford Technology Law Review, Columbia Science and Technology Law Review and Berkeley Technology Law Journal.