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· 6/22/2015

Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC

Citations

  • 135 S. Ct. 2401
  • 192 L. Ed. 2d 463
  • 2015 U.S. LEXIS 4067
  • 576 U.S. 446
  • 83 U.S.L.W. 4531
  • 25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 405
  • 114 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1941

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that the words \ 'restraint of trade' \ in the Sherman Act have been interpreted dynamically
  • holding that, although one litigant “also [sought] support from the wellspring of all patent policy: the goal of promoting innovation[,] . .. . [c]laims that a statutory precedent has serious and harmful consequences for innovation are (to repeat this opinion’s refrain
  • noting that once a court engages in statutory interpretation, it is up to Congress “for acceptance or not as that branch elects”
  • holding challenged precedent had not proved unworkable because “[t]he decision is simplicity itself to apply”
  • holding challenged precedent had not proved unworkable because “[t]he decision is simplicity itself to apply”
  • holding challenged precedent had not proved unworkable because “[t]he decision is simplicity itself to apply”

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Judges: Kagan

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