David A. Tropp, Petitioner v. Travel Sentry, Inc., et al.

  1. July 17, 2023

    The Biggest Patent Rulings Of 2023: A Midyear Report

    In the first six months of the year, the U.S. Supreme Court imposed limits on broadly written patents, while the Federal Circuit set rules on when inter partes reviews limit invalidity arguments in court. Here's a look at the most notable patent rulings of 2023, so far.

  2. May 15, 2023

    What's Next For Patent Eligibility After Latest Denials?

    While the U.S. Supreme Court declined again on Monday to address patent eligibility, attorneys said calls for more clarity on the divisive issue aren't going away, with eyes turning to future cases at the high court or the Federal Circuit, or to congressional legislation.

  3. May 15, 2023

    Justices Again Decline To Reconsider Patent Eligibility Test

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear two cases dealing with patent eligibility, turning aside a call by the U.S. solicitor general to take up the cases in order to bring "much-needed clarification" to the contentious issue.

  4. April 20, 2023

    Feds Want To Dismantle Alice Patent Precedent, Justices Told

    A Finnish sports technology company shot back at arguments from the solicitor general advising the U.S. Supreme Court to take on an appeal from a patent licensing company, arguing that the government is essentially "proposing a new patent-eligibility standard" that would "dismantle the court's precedents."

  5. April 05, 2023

    SG Urges Justices To Tackle Patent Eligibility In 2 Cases

    The solicitor general recommended Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court should hear two cases dealing with patent eligibility, saying that hearing both in tandem will bring "much-needed clarification" to the contentious issue.

  6. October 17, 2022

    Justices Seek SG's Views On Another Patent Eligibility Case

    For the second time this month, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the U.S. solicitor general to weigh in on a patent eligibility dispute, this time in a case where luggage lock patents were invalidated for claiming only abstract ideas.

  7. August 09, 2022

    Alice Made Patent Eligibility Too Strict, Justices Told

    A conservative interest group and an inventor advocacy group have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the latest challenge to how patent eligibility is determined, citing "dire consequences" stemming from the high court's landmark Alice decision.

  8. July 08, 2022

    Justices Are Again Asked For Patent Eligibility Clarity

    An inventor whose luggage lock patents were invalidated as abstract has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to tackle patent eligibility, just over a week after the justices turned down American Axle v. Neapco, one of the most promising patent eligibility cases to date.

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