Texas A&M Journal of Property Law

Far Out: The Extended Denial of Public Access to Psychedelic Therapeutics

Texas A&M Journal of Property Law April 1, 2024 Andrew R. Waldeck

The United States patent regime is designed to promote dissemination of information that undergirds a particular innovation. To incentivize disclosure, inventors are granted a time-limited right to exclude others from practicing the invention, thereby affording the inventor a period in which to commercialize and financially benefit from their inventive contribution. The disclosure provides...