DIAMOND, COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS v. DIEHR et al. (1981) - Ballotpedia

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DIAMOND, COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS v. DIEHR et al.

Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: October 14, 1980
Decided: March 3, 1981
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

DIAMOND, COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS v. DIEHR et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1981. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 1980.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patentability of computer processes
Petitioner: Patent Office, or Commissioner of, or Board of Appeals of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 450 U.S. 175
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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