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Assignor Estoppel Persists — But Only for Claims Specifically Assigned

Patently O

Supreme Court 2021 ). The court upheld the assignor doctrine, but with some big caveats. These ideas of stare decisis and silent reenactment are part of a major ongoing debate within the Court over its role in changing its own prior precedent. = = = =. by Dennis Crouch. Minerva Surgical Inc. Hologic Inc.

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Collateral Estoppel Beats Precedent Every Time

Patently O

This means that issues decided at the district or administrative court level can be binding on all other courts: district courts, administrative courts, appellate courts, and even the Supreme Court. District court decisions are not binding precedent because they are at the bottom. Uniloc USA, Inc.

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

Patently O

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. Importantly, the Supreme Court in Cuozzo Speed Techs.

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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

4] However, on November 2, 2023, it was announced that Major League Baseball had settled all three lawsuits with the minor league teams, avoiding the possible Supreme Court challenge, and sending the question of the validity of its long-held antitrust exemption back to the bullpen. [5] New York Yankees, Inc., National Basketball Assn.

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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. That patent finally issued in 2018–only after SawSafe filed a civil action and received a court-judgment in its favor.

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No, Justices Did Not Commit Perjury in Their Confirmation Hearings When Asked About Roe

JonathanTurley

I’m no Supreme Court justice, I’m not a good enough liar.” He first repeated the facts (by noting that he was a Justice Department attorney at the time) and then went rote: “Today if the issue were to come before me. The first question would be the question that we’ve been discussing and that’s the issue of stare decisis.

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

A common misconception, perpetuated by popular television shows and movies, as well as the Sixth Amendment, is that everyone gets their day in court. But they were still frog-marched into a plea bargain by their defense attorney or the prosecutor or the judge or some combination thereof. The courts are not for landless laborers.