Patent Litigation

摘要

WASHINGTON, D.C. 6/23/06-The health care industry had been awaiting the decision eagerly for months. Changes in practice were on hold at the Patent and Trademark Office until the case was concluded. And, in the end, nothing happened. The U.S. SupremeCourt said today it should not have agreed to hear a case turning on the conditions under which a natural correlation can be patented. The Court described its original decision to grant certiorari as having been made "improvidently." Three justices dissented, and Chief Justice Roberts recused himself because his former law firm had represented one of the parties.