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Supreme Court Upholds Patent Office Power to Invalidate Bad Patents

by casca on 4/25/18, 3:17 PM with 6 comments

  • by craftyguy on 4/25/18, 3:25 PM

  • by jchw on 4/25/18, 3:50 PM

    I am amused at the contrast between different headlines for this story.

    Bloomberg: "Patent ‘Death Squad’ System Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court"

    EFF: "Supreme Court Upholds Patent Office Power to Invalidate Bad Patents"

  • by RandomInteger4 on 4/25/18, 3:56 PM

    Wait, what? Why would anyone challenge them on having that power? That's like someone challenging Congress's ability to change or undo a law. Was their primary argument in this case "NO TAKESIES BACKSIES!"?