SCOTUS Update
The Supreme Court on Monday added no new cases to its decision docket for this term, according to SCOTUSblog. In one noteworthy order, the court asked for the federal government's views on a pending antitrust case involving drug companies. Joblove v. Barr Labs, Inc. examines whether it is a violation of the Sherman Act for a brand-name drug manufacturer to share a part of its future profits to induce the maker of a generic substitute to keep its product off store shelves.
Meanwhile, the intellectual property community still awaits a ruling in KSR v. Teleflex. That case was heard by the high court last November after the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the gas-pedal manufacturer KSR International. The firm alleged that its product, which is similar to that of competitor Teleflex, is too simple to warrant an original patent like the one granted to Teleflex.
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