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A Math Geek's Ride to the High Court in Landmark Patent Fight

By Tony Mauro
The National Law Journal
November 9, 2009

Bernie Bilski and Rand Warsaw were just a couple of "math geeks for hire" when they applied for a patent in 1997. The case over that patent application, set for argument at the Supreme Court today, has been touted as the biggest patent case in decades, with implications for inventions from software to medical diagnostics, not just so-called "business methods" like the one at issue. Warsaw said he's "in awe" of the gravity of the dispute, which has drawn 67 amicus briefs from all business sectors and on all sides.

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It's Predictable: Supreme Court Gunning for McCain-Feingold

The National Law Journal
September 8, 2009

Melvin I. Urofsky writes that, as a historian, he tends to fend off questions about the future. "I only know what happened," he tells his students. But Urofsky is sticking with his prediction that the outcome of the highly anticipated U.S. Supreme Court argument in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, will be that one or more sections of McCain-Feingold, more formally known as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, will be declared unconstitutional.

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