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Atextual Conditions for Patentability and Stare Decisis

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However, the district court concluded that the prior art was not enabling — i.e., a person of skilled in the art would not be able to construct (or even design) the claimed invention without undue experimentation. In the area of obviousness though, the doctrine was developed by courts and then implemented by statute in 1952.

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Justices to consider international reach of U.S. trademark law

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The facts Hetronic, based in Oklahoma, manufactures and sells radio remote controls that operate heavy-duty construction equipment. The court asks if there is a “clear, affirmative indication” from the face of the statute that Congress intended the law to apply extraterritorially. It owns U.S. Has Congress directly spoken here?