Patent mess goes to the Supreme Court

by Laura Domela

Two more high-profile patent cases are headed to the US Supreme Court, which has already agreed to hear a patent case this year. The patent system is in chaos, with ever-more-trivial patents being granted, and ever-broader theories of patent infringement being created by the Federal Circuit, the court that oversees the patent system.

A Supreme Court ruling that restored some sanity to patents would be very welcome indeed — but if they went the other way, it would be dreadful. The only solution at that point would be for Congress — whose campaigns depend on revenue from patent abusers — to pass a new law (don’t hold your breath).
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Patent mess goes to the Supreme Court

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