The US Supreme Court’s June 28, 2024 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless Inc. v. Department of Commerce overruled the forty-year-old Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council Inc....more
7/5/2024
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Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Relentless Inc v US Department of Commerce ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
USPTO
In Alarm.com Inc. v. Hirshfeld, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that decisions by the US Patent and Trademark Office Director vacating ex parte reexamination based on estoppel may be subject to judicial...more
A patent does not qualify for “covered business method” review if its claims are only incidental to a financial activity.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) recently decided that a claimed method (in...more
The Federal Circuit vacates a decision by the PTAB for relying on facts raised for the first time at oral argument.
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On March 15, 2016, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated...more