Supreme Court rules confidential sales of inventions bars patents
The US Supreme Court ruled 9-0 on Tuesday that the sale of inventions in confidential arrangements count as the invention being “on sale.” As such, these inventions are excluded from patents filed after the sale date. This case came before the court because Helsinn Healthcare S. A. uses palonestron to create chemotherapy-induced nausea treatments. This [...]
The Supreme Court granted certiorari in three cases Friday. In Return Mail v. US Postal Service the court will review whether the government is a “person” that can proceed under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. The act permits a “person” who has been sued for patent infringement to challenge the validity of the patent through the [...]
Supreme Court sends NC redistricting, same-sex wedding florist questions back to lower courts
On Monday the US Supreme Court added seven more cases to its October docket. Also notable, the Court denied a North Carolina political redistricting question and one of a Washington florist who refused to provide flowers for a gay couple’s wedding on First Amendment grounds, sending them back to lower courts consistent with its recent [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Tuesday in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC that inter partes review, which authorizes the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to...
Report: US military continued funding Afghanistan units despite reports of human rights violations
A newly declassified investigation has revealed that the US military knew about at least 75 reported human rights abuses by Afghan military and police but used a legal loophole to keep funding the Afghan units. These human rights abuses included...
20 states file suit against Mylan for price-fixing conspiracy
Attorneys general from 20 states filed an antitrust suit on Thursday alleging price fixing conspiracy against drug giant Mylan NV and five other drugmakers. The complaint alleges that the anti-competitive practices of Mylan and the other...
Two members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Monday asking them to review Mylan NV , the manufacturer of the EpiPen allergy shot....
US President Barack Obama signed Senate Bill No. 764 into law on Friday, which requires labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products under a single national standard. The law requires the Department of Agriculture...
The Freedom of Information Act Was Just Amended. Here's What Changed—And Didn't.
JURIST Guest Columnist Jonathan Bruno of the Harvard Law School discusses recent changes to and ongoing limitations of the Freedom of Information Act...A few weeks ago, President Obama signed into law a major amendment of the US Freedom of Information...
The US Supreme Court upheld several provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) on Monday. In Cuozzo Speed Technologies v. Lee the court heard arguments on whether the Patent Trial and...
