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Law Practice

Feb. 24, 2009

High Court Lets Stand Two Major Rulings Closely Watched by Patent Lawyers

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review two major cases closely watched by patent attorneys.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review two major cases closely watched by patent attorneys.

In the first, the court let stand an April decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that Los Altos-based Rambus Inc. did not violate antitrust laws when it participated in industry standard-setting organizations where it stood to gain financially from such standards with patents it ...

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