U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 24, 2014
Supreme Court v. Federal Circuit (2014)
The Supreme Court has been taking a more active role in patent cases as a rift between it and the Federal Circuit deepens. By Ben M. Davidson
On Wednesday, in Medtronic Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a declaratory judgment case brought by Medtronic to challenge the validity of a patent on which it was paying licensing royalties. The Federal Circuit had held that Medtronic, as the licensee, had the burden of proving its products did not infringe the licensed patent. But the S...
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