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Supreme Court Overturns Festo Decision
An anonymous submitter wrote: "On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Festo v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki upholding the patent law "doctrine of equivalents" which says that patents cover insubstantial variations of a claimed invention. Previously, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had ruled that the doctrine of equivalents did not apply where the patentee had made ANY changes to his claims during the application process. This week, the Supreme Court reversed, holding that changes made during the application process must be examined individually to see whether they gave up coverage of a particular accused device." Another submitter sent in this good analysis of the decision. Patents are a boring subject, but in general: the Appeals Court's decision in this particular case would have had the effect of making nearly all patents less broad and more specific. The Supreme Court noted the business disruption this would cause, and they are undoubtedly correct about that, but I can't help feeling that our legal system just missed an opportunity to reign in patent abuse.
Yah. I mean, if we hadn't had an activist court in the 60's, those damned pickaninnies would still be in their own schools, away from my pure White kids. Which is where they belong. Birds of a feather, and all that. Also, they'd be doing the janitorial work they excel at, rather than taking sysadmin jobs away from more-qualified White folk like they do now. And if it hadn't been for them, I wouldn't have to see hideous smut like the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition at the supermarket. I can't even take my good, God-fearing White children shopping anymore! And women would still be happy with their God-given roles as homemakers and mothers, as God intended. We wouldn't have to deal with these ball-busting bitches at work.
I'm glad to see that there are still some other good, God-fearing White Republicans in this nest of heathen liberal socialist commies.