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Intellectual Property

Apr. 18, 2012

Randall E. Kay

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Jones Day San Diego



The ability to grow hair could be called the Holy Grail of the dermatology business, and it played a critical part in a "bet the company" biotech patent dispute.


At issue were therapies for skin care and hair growth, which generated three years of hard-fought litigation over the patents for making them.


The plaintiff company, SkinMedica, had sued Kay's clients Histogen Inc. and its founder Gail Naughton, for alleged patent infr...

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