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Collateral Estoppel Beats Precedent Every Time

Patently O

Apple’s attorneys were able to convince the judge that the license to Fortress meant that Uniloc no longer held full rights to the patent and thus lacked standing to sue. Uniloc USA, Inc. Motorola Mobility LLC , 52 F.4th 4th 1340 (Fed. Even though the original lower court decision violated precedent, it still binds the parties.

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A few initial thoughts on Loper and the end of Chevron Deference

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In the past, both the USPTO and patent attorneys have largely ignored the larger scope of administrative law, but in recent years USPTO operations have been under tighter control from the White House, and courts have increasingly asked whether the agency is following the rules. to dictate the outcome of cases.” Vidal (Fed. ”

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Back to the Bullpen: Minor League Teams Settle with MLB Over Latest Challenge to Baseball’s Historic Antitrust Exemption

Fordham Law News

13] The Court defended the exemption largely on the grounds of stare decisis and congressional acquiescence, tasking Congress with changing the long-standing law if they felt the need. [14] 2022) aff’d, No. 29] Settlement On November 2, 2023, James W. 1 (West). [7] Antitrust Division, U.S. 3d 45, 52 (S.D.N.Y. Needle, Inc.

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Atextual Conditions for Patentability and Stare Decisis

Patently O

USPTO (Supreme Court 2022) focuses the question of whether COURTS have power to create non-statutory patentability doctrines. Steve Gass has a PhD in physics and also a patent attorney. And, in any case, these exceptions have defined the reach of the statute as a matter of statutory stare decisis going back 150 years.

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Denials of review in five cases draw dissents from various justices

SCOTUSBlog

After granting four petitions for review on Friday afternoon, the court – as expected – did not add any new cases to its docket for the 2022-23 term. At his trial, prosecutors called the assistant district attorney who had handled the case at the grand jury to the stand, where he testified at length. Buffington v.

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Georgia appeals court removes Fulton County DA from Trump prosecution

JURIST

The Georiga Court of Appeals removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump and 18 others over Willis’s previously undisclosed relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. ” Willis hired Wade to lead the Trump prosecution in November 2021.