Profile: Trevor Cook

Different Patent Systems, Similar Controversies

Patent litigation rarely makes it to the highest courts anywhere in the world, and the US Supreme Court is no exception. However, for the first time in a generation the Court is taking a real interest in patent matters. Some matters are still the subjects of petitions for certiorari requesting that the Court hear the case, with the Court having already granted certiorari in some, while in others it has requested a brief from the US Government, signalling its interest in the subject matter. Most such cases raise or touch on issues that are already, or are likely to become, matters of controversy in Europe, which makes it interesting to review them from such a perspective.

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