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Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank: No Surprises, Some Guidance

On June 24, 2014 By Elizabeth Mulkey

The Supreme Court issued its decision in the closely watched Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank case on June 19. The result? In an opinion that seemed to follow naturally from the Court’s precedent in Bilski v. Kappos, Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., and Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Alice garnered [...]

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SCOTUS Skeptical of Business Method Patents

On November 26, 2009 By Chris Lantz

On November 9, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Bilski v. Kappos. The case, whose facts were reported on earlier, involves whether a “business model” is patentable. At the end of the day, it seemed that the Justices were skeptical of whether the way in which a company does business [...]

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Supreme Court Grants Cert in Bilski Case

On June 5, 2009 By JETLaw

With the hype surrounding President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court nomination reaching a fever pitch, it may be time to step back from confirmation politics and consider an actual case that the would-be nominee will face next fall. Intellectual property law may not have the mainstream appeal of sexy constitutional law topics like gay marriage [...]

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