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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.
Contents
Some important cases
Cases treating the most important topic, patentable subject matter:
- Bilski v. Kappos 2009 (as of June 26th, 2010, opinion still pending)
- Diamond v. Diehr, 1981
- Parker v. Flook (1978, USA)
- Gottschalk v. Benson, 1972
Other cases that (might) have affected software patents:
- Quanta v. LGE (2008, USA)
- KSR v. Teleflex (2007, USA)
- Microsoft v. AT&T (2006, USA)
- EBay v. MercExchange (2006, USA)
The judges
The current judges are (as of August 2010):
- Chief Justice Roberts
- Justice Alito
- Justice Breyer
- Justice Ginsburg
- Justice Kagan
- Justice Kennedy
- Justice Scalia
- Justice Sotomayor
- Justice Thomas
Noteworthy ex-judges
- Justice Stevens was on the court from 1975 to 2010 and wrote opinions for cases including Parker v. Flook (1978, USA), Diamond v. Diehr (1981, USA), and Bilski v. Kappos (2010, 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
- How to submit an amicus brief in the USA
