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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."

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  1. Re:One would hope... by spun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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

    Right. I'm gonna go with 'Long Dong Silver' because the thought of me someday meeting Justica Thomas and calling him Long Dong makes me giggle.

    "Hey! Long Dong! Over here! Justice Silver, I'm talking to you! Yeah, that Anita chick was HOT! I'd tap that."

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