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Can This Brokered Marriage Be Saved? The Changing Relationship Between The Supreme Court And Federal Circuit In Patent Law Jurisprudence, 2 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 201 (2003), Debra D. Peterson
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Congress created the Federal Circuit, in part, to provide uniformity in patent decisions throughout the United States and stability in patent law. During the first decade of the Federal Circuit’s existence, the Supreme Court largely deferred to the Federal Circuit in patent law decisions. However, the Supreme Court’s initial deference to the Federal Circuit has since been replaced by critical view of the Federal Circuit’s decisions and its decision-making processes. This article proposes that the Supreme Court has correctly abandoned its deferential mindset toward the Federal Circuit since the Federal Circuit was never intended to be the de facto Supreme …
How The Supreme Court Decides To Review Intellectual Property Cases, 3 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 19 (2003), Matthew M. Neumeier
How The Supreme Court Decides To Review Intellectual Property Cases, 3 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 19 (2003), Matthew M. Neumeier
UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law
Because Supreme Court review is essentially discretionary, it is increasingly rare for the Court to hear an argument concerning Intellectual Property rights. However the Supreme Court will critically review cases that belong in one of four distinct categories. These include cases in which: (1) lower court decisions conflict, (2) lower courts have departed from accepted and usual court proceedings, (3) an important federal question is decided, and (4) lower courts have departed from Supreme Court precedent. This article provides practitioners with some guidance in determining whether the Supreme Court is likely to review a lower court decision on an Intellectual …