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BD. OF TRUST. OF LELAND STANFORD v. ROCHE SYS.

No. 09-1159.

131 S.Ct. 2188 (2011)

563 U.S. 776

180 L.Ed.2d 1

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, Petitioner, v. ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 6, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Ayer , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Malcolm L. Stewart , for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

Mark C. Fleming , Boston, MA, for Respondents.

Ricardo Rodriguez , Stephen C. Neal , Lori R.E. Ploeger , Michelle S. Rhyu , Benjamin G. Damstedt , Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Debra L. Zumwalt , Patrick H. Dunkley , Stanford, CA, Donald B. Ayer , Lawrence D. Rosenberg , Christian G. Vergonis , Jennifer L. Swize , Mark R. Lentz , Edward M. Wenger , Jones Day, Washington, DC, Pamela S. Karlan , Stanford, CA, for Petitioner.

Mark C. Fleming , Wilmer Cutler Pickering , Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, Paul R.Q. Wolfson , Gregory H. Lantier , Eric F. Citron , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, Adam P. Romero , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, Adrian M. Pruetz , Pruetz Law Group, LLP, El Segundo, CA, Brian C. Cannon , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, for Respondents.

Chief Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Since 1790, the patent law has operated on the premise that rights in an invention belong to the inventor. The question here is whether the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980—commonly referred to as the Bayh-Dole Act— displaces that norm and automatically vests title to federally funded inventions in federal contractors. We...

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