The Chamberlain Group, Inc., Petitioner v. Techtronic Industries Co., et al.
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October 05, 2020
Supreme Court Skips Patent Eligibility In Garage Door Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review four cases over patent eligibility standards — including a high-profile one over a garage door patent — following years of calls for the justices to provide more guidance on the area of law often controlled by their 2014 Alice ruling.
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August 10, 2020
Techtronic Tells Justices To Skip Alice Ax Of Garage Door IP
Techtronic urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny its rival's petition challenging a Federal Circuit decision that invalidated its smart garage door opener patent under Alice, saying there is no legal issue for the justices to weigh in on.
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July 09, 2020
Patent Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2020
A wave of U.S. Supreme Court petition denials has made 2020 a bit of a letdown for patent attorneys, but there are several high-profile cases on the horizon that could decide the fate of Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges and biosimilars law, and offer more clarity on licensing standard essential patents.
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July 08, 2020
Ex-Fed. Circ. Chief Tells Justices Alice Is Scalpel, Not Hammer
Retired Federal Circuit Chief Judge Randall Rader told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that the justices' 2014 ruling in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank should be used like a "scalpel, not a sledgehammer" when applied to the question of a patent's validity,
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May 20, 2020
Justices Told Narrow Alice Analysis Is A 'Patent Emergency'
The Federal Circuit has been picking patent claims apart to an unfair degree when deciding whether they're invalid as abstract, creating a "patent emergency" that the U.S. Supreme Court needs to step in and fix, the owner of an invalidated garage door patent has told the justices.