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U.S. Supreme Court

Jun. 30, 2010

Flurry of Decisions End Justices' Term

The U.S. Supreme Court passed on an opportunity to remake patent law Monday, with a cautious opinion that largely keeps the status quo in place for inventions involving ways of doing business as well as software and biotechnology.

By Craig Anderson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The U.S. Supreme Court passed on an opportunity to remake patent law Monday, with a cautious opinion that largely keeps the status quo in place for inventions involving ways of doing business as well as software and biotechnology.

While rejecting the patent at issue as being too abstract, Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy declined to reject all business method patents, saying federal...

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