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IP Protection For Diagnostics: The COVID-19 Outlook

February 16, 2021  | Tom Cowan

Partner Tom Cowan authored “IP Protection for Diagnostics: The COVID-19 Outlook,” which was published in Diagnostics World News.

Excerpt: “The intellectual property landscape for diagnostics can seem fraught with confusion. Tom Cowan, a partner at Knobbe Martens tackled some of the most common questions about IP issues that diagnostics companies are likely to face in 2021.”

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Tom Cowan

Tom is Chair of our Mechanical Engineering Practice Group and has practiced intellectual property law for more than a decade. As a former aerospace engineer at NASA and Northrop Grumman,...

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