Smartphone technology has spawned a wealth of patent litigation.
The majority's decision will discourage the settlement of patent litigation, the justices said.
Surveys have found that the risk of patent litigation deters firms from pursuing innovations.
That federal court jurisdiction has become an American capital of patent litigation known for sympathetic juries and speedily moving cases.
The decision by Apotex to sell generic Plavix follows several years of patent litigation among the companies.
As the year 2000 begins, few of America's e-commerce leaders are not targets of patent litigation.
The suits were part of a round of patent litigation related to medical technology used to open arteries.
His work on anticompetitive settlements of patent litigation by drug makers has been cited by the Supreme Court.
The effort is intended to document the costs and benefits of a rising tide of patent litigation, said Edith Ramirez, the commission's chairwoman.
For its part, Facebook may turn to Cooley Godwin Kronish, its legal counsel in a number of patent litigation cases, as its champion in the Yahoo fight.
While the two cases are not directly linked, both stand to attract significant attention to the normally insular world of patent litigation.
