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US GAO march-in rule analysis angers both sides of debate

By Nick Robertson ( March 5, 2026, 21:52 GMT | Comment) -- A Government Accountability Office analysis of a proposal to consider price in the use of march-in rights doesn’t come to conclusions over whether the idea is founded in law, drawing criticism from both supporters and detractors. The report comes as the US Commerce Department considers using, for the first time, its ability to seize rights to federally funded inventions.A recent report by the US Government Accountability Office fails to provide clarity over whether the price of a product should be considered in the invocation of government march-in rights, which allow the government to effectively seize the patent to a federally funded invention under certain circumstances....

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