Supreme Court shoots down two more rules put in place by top patent court

Posted by BernardSwiss on Jun 3, 2014 9:39 AM EDT
Ars Technica; By Joe Mullin
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The US Supreme Court issued rulings this morning in two of the five patent cases it heard this term. In both cases, the high court unanimously struck down rules created by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the nation's top patent court.

The two rulings continue a pattern that has developed over the past several years, in which the Supreme Court has overturned key Federal Circuit rulings, finding them too favorable to patent-holders and too harsh on parties accused of infringement.

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