Supreme Court Denies Review of 13 Cases Involving Intellectual Property Law Issues

The first Monday in October brought bad news for petitioners in 13 cases covering a wide range of intellectual property topics, as the Supreme Court denied petitions for certiorari in most of the cases it considered at its long conference the week of Oct. 6.

However, the court put off making a decision in one case, Lighting Ballast Control LLC v. Philips Elecs. N. Amer. Corp., U.S., 13-1536, petition filed123 PTD 6/26/14, 123 DER A-4, 6/26/14, 88 PTCJ 596, 6/27/14, that presents a question of patent law already in front of the justices in Teva Pharm. USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., U.S., 13-854, argument scheduled