Doctrinal “dinosaur” or stare decisis? Justices wrestle with patent-law precedent.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 23, 2021
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. Morgan Ratner argued for the federal government, which filed its own friend-of-the-court brief but supported neither party.
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