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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Finnegan’s Petition for a Writ of Certiorari Granted by U.S. Supreme Court in Bilski Case
June 20th, 2009
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, one of the world’s largest intellectual property law firms, announced that the U.S. Supreme Court has granted its petition for a writ of certiorari in the case In re Bilski. The petition seeks to overturn a decision issued on October 30, 2008, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which set forth a test requiring that a patentable process either be tied to a machine or apparatus or involve a transformation of one thing into something else. Applying this test, the Federal Circuit affirmed the rejection of the Bilski business method patent application by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The petition...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-06-20)
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