article thumbnail

Doctrinal “dinosaur” or stare decisis? Justices wrestle with patent-law precedent.

SCOTUSBlog

An inventor files a patent application on an invention and assigns the patent rights to an assignee — perhaps in exchange for money from the assignee, or perhaps as part of a contract with the inventor’s employer. Wolf principally argued that stare decisis justifies maintaining the doctrine. Matthew Wolf argued for Hologic.

article thumbnail

The Nigerian Court of Appeal declines to enforce a Commonwealth of Virginia (in USA) Choice of Court Agreement

Conflict of Laws

Our courts should be in charge of their own proceedings. Consequently, no person or group of persons by their own private treaty or arrangements can agree to oust the jurisdiction and provisions vested in the Courts by the Constitution. 6] First, the Court of Appeal (Hussaini JCA) in A.B.U.

Court 52
article thumbnail

A call for the wider study of Private International Law in Africa: A Review of Private International Law In Nigeria

Conflict of Laws

Writing on the importance of a private international law system that responds to the interests of Africa, Dr Okoli observed that with growing international trade with Africa comes an inevitable rise in disputes among contracting parties conducting trade on the continent. [4]

Laws 52