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Supreme Court of the United States
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The US Supreme Court is the highest court in the USA.
Some important cases
Starting with the most recent:
- Bilski v. Kappos 2009 (as of April 9th, 2010, opinion still pending)
- KSR v. Teleflex (2007, USA)
- Microsoft v. AT&T (2006, USA)
- EBay v. MercExchange (2006, USA)
- Diamond v. Diehr, 1981
- Parker v. Flook (1978, USA)
- Gottschalk v. Benson, 1972
The judges
The judges of the 2009 term (Oct '09 - Oct '10), who are deciding the Bilski v. Kappos case are:
- Chief Justice Roberts
- Justice Stevens
- Justice Scalia
- Justice Kennedy
- Justice Thomas
- Justice Ginsburg
- Justice Breyer
- Justice Alito
- Justice Sotomayor
Justice Stevens is the only member of the court involved in previous cases which touched on patentable subject matter. Stevens wrote the majority opinion in Parker v. Flook (1978, USA), and wrote a dissenting opinion in Diamond v. Diehr (1981, USA).
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- Case law in the USA
- USA patents courts and appeals
- US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - the Federal court that hears patent appeals, below the Supreme Court
