Remove 2024 Remove Stare Decisis Remove Statute
article thumbnail

Patent Puzzles after the Supreme Court’s 2024 Administrative Law Cases: Stare Decisis, Rulemaking, and Discretion

Patently O

Although these decisions may not have as significant an impact in patent law as in other areas, they do pose interesting puzzles with respect to stare decisis as well as agency rulemaking and discretion that will provide many litigation opportunities going forward. Meanwhile, Justice Gorsuch’s 2024 Ohio v.

article thumbnail

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

Patently O

When reason why it is so big is that Chevron deference is premised on ambiguity in the statute. 2024), the Supreme Court overruled the Chevron U.S.A. 2008) (giving Chevron deference to PTO’s interpretation of “original application” under the reexamination statute). Raimondo , 603 U.S. 837 (1984). Iancu , 138 S.

article thumbnail

Divided Supreme Court Strikes Down Chevron in Landmark Decision

Constitutional Law Reporter

By a vote of 6-3, the Court held that Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether a federal agency has acted within its statutory authority, and courts may not defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous.