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Supreme Court Clears Patent Invalidity Suits

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the open-season dept.

The Empiricist writes "The United States Supreme Court has cleared the way for entities to sue over the validity of a patent — even while paying user fees to the patent holder. The eight-to-one Medimmune v. Genetech decision, written by Justice Scalia, held that by paying royalties to a patent holder, one does not necessarily waive the right to challenge the validity of the patent."

3 of 120 comments (clear)

  1. Re:One would hope... by Mayhem178 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Any other decision would defy all logic.

    You're not from around here, are you...

    --

    "You will pay for your lack of vision..." - Emperor Palpatine to Ray Charles

  2. Re:New Legal Strategy for Big Corporations... by spiritraveller · · Score: 5, Funny

    And of course, in the end, the lawyers win.

    I like happy endings.

  3. Re:One would hope... by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or "Clarence Thomas." Use the one that makes you happy and leave me out of it.

    KFG