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Supreme Court Grants Cert. in Microsoft v. i4i.

Today, the Supreme Court granted Microsoft’s petition for cert. in Microsoft v. i4i. Microsoft asked the Supreme Court to answer the question of whether or not a defendant who asserts patent invalidity based on art not considered by the Patent Office … Continue reading

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Supreme Court To Address Scope Of Bayh-Dole Act

On Monday, November 1st, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Stanford v. Roche, 583 F.3d 832 (Fed. Cir. 2009), in which the Fed. Cir. decided that a professor could void his University-employer’s rights under the Bayh-Dole act to elect title … Continue reading

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Prometheus v. Mayo and Classen v. Biogen Sent Back to Federal Circuit

  Not unexpectedly, today the Supreme Court granted cert. in Prometheus v. Mayo, (09-490) vacated, and remanded to the Fed. Cir. for reconsideration in view of Bilski v. Kappos, decided yesterday. While this clears the Court’s collective desk, I don’t … Continue reading

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Bilski Claims Fail As Attempt To Claim “Abstract Idea” – Future Of Business Method Patents Cloudy

Today, the Supreme Court affirmed the rejection of Bilski’s claims. (Attached at end of posting.)  The 16 page Opinion of the Court was authored by Justice Kennedy, joined in full by Justices Thomas, Roberts, and Alito.  The opinion held that … Continue reading

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