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Justices uphold a narrow version of patent assignor estoppel

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The lower courts blocked Minerva from asserting invalidity because Minerva’s founder had filed the original patent applications and then sold the patent rights, which eventually ended up with Hologic. The lower courts ruled that the founder’s original assignment of patent rights prevented, or “estopped,” Minerva from contesting validity.

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

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Some courts read [Supreme Court precedent] as effectively foreclosing [this consent-by-registration theory of jurisdiction], while others insist it remains viable.”. McCall , a tire manufacturer resists Georgia courts’ exercise of jurisdiction on the basis of the state’s registration statute for foreign corporations.

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