SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2021

The doctrine stems from the common-law principle that one who sells property to another generally should not be able to undermine the value of the property by later challenging the rights the seller conveyed in the first place. Manufacturing Co. Formica Insulation Co. A possible middle ground. But a middle ground exists.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

Smith , a 1990 decision holding that the free exercise clause does not provide a right to religious exemptions from general laws, or (2) sharply limit the impact of Smith by interpreting it as guaranteeing a “most favored nation” status for religious exemption claims. retail stores, manufacturing facilities).

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

” The court’s second example concerned a change in the law. If a previously valid patent becomes invalid due to a change in the law, “no principle of consistency prevents the assignor from saying so.”. In carving out this limitation, Kagan cited Mark Lemley’s influential article, “ Rethinking Assignor Estoppel.”

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

McCall , a tire manufacturer resists Georgia courts’ exercise of jurisdiction on the basis of the state’s registration statute for foreign corporations. The court ruled that the Supreme Court had not formally overruled earlier case law supporting the theory that registration supports general jurisdiction. Next up is Kelly v.

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Patently O

JULY 6, 2022

The Supreme Court in Bilski addressed this issue to some degree in the context of the non-statutory categorical bars of abstract ideas; laws of nature and natural phenomenon. And, in any case, these exceptions have defined the reach of the statute as a matter of statutory stare decisis going back 150 years. Bilski v. .”

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2023

Share On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will consider whether federal trademark law applies to trademark infringement that takes place outside the United States. The facts Hetronic, based in Oklahoma, manufactures and sells radio remote controls that operate heavy-duty construction equipment. In Abitron Austria GmbH v. It owns U.S.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Issue Preclusion (collateral estoppel) prevents a party from re-litigating an issue of fact or law that was already determined in a prior case. Kessler Doctrine is particular to patent law and falls somewhere in-between issue and claim preclusion–allowing preclusion in instances where it would not be traditionally available.

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