Happy Thanksgiving and Judicial Patent Reform

Happy Thanksgiving. As you slip into your tryptophan-induced food coma, have a brief look at this excellent article from Rebecca S Eisenberg, Law Professor, University of Michigan Law School. Professor Eisenberg discusses the recent activist position of the Supreme Court in the area of patent law, comparing the Court to a non-custodial parent "who spends an occasional weekend with the kids." This term, the Court has granted certiorari in Quanta v. LG, a case dealing with patent exhaustion. Here is some good coverage of Quanta from PatentlyO and the Chicago IP Litigation Blog.