The Supreme Court issued three substantive opinions this morning, and one summary affirmance based on an equally divided Court. The first case, United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation (10-382), concerns whether the “fiduciary exception” to discover legal advice made in…
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Supreme Court Action Yesterday – The Microsoft Patent Opinion and Others
10
Jun
The Supreme Court issued four opinions yesterday, including the heavily awaited opinion in Microsoft’s challenge to the evidence standard for declaring a patent invalid. Microsoft lost. The case is Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership (10-290). i4i sued Microsoft over…
Supreme Court Action Yesterday – The Microsoft Patent Opinion and Others
10
Jun
The Supreme Court issued four opinions yesterday, including the heavily awaited opinion in Microsoft’s challenge to the evidence standard for declaring a patent invalid. Microsoft lost. The case is Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership (10-290). i4i sued Microsoft over…
Supreme Court Action Today – Attorney Fees, Sentencing, Securities, and Patents
06
Jun
The Supreme Court issued four opinions today as it marches to the end of the current term. Three of these four are unanimous decisions. The first is Fox v. Vice (10-114). This case concerns attorney fees awarded to defendants under…
Supreme Court Action Today – Fourth Amendment and Patents
31
May
The Supreme Court issued two opinions this morning. The opinion getting the most press attention is Ashcroft v. al-Kidd (10-98). In that case, American born Abdullah al-Kidd was detained by federal agents as he was boarding a plane to Saudia…
