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December 28, 2010
Court Reform
The
Supreme Court has a busy docket of deciding patent law in 2011, with issues
ranging from: patentability; invalidity burden of proof; prosecution laches;
inequitable conduct; extraterritoriality; infringement (inducement, contempt);
and several others. This continues the iron-clad trend of Congress abdicating
its responsibility to fashion law to the courts, role-playing that extends to
every facet of this nation's legal system. Expect the 2011 Congress to waft
another "patent reform" bill, legislative flypaper solely intended to siphon
contributions to its ultimate cause (reelection). In the finale, for the seventh
year running, no passage. All the fireworks in the patent arena this coming year
will again be shot by SCOTUS, with the obligatory sideshow, courtesy of the
CAFC.
Hal Wegner's SCOTUS patent docket. Thanks Hal!
Posted by Patent Hawk at December 28, 2010 11:22 AM | The Patent System