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MICROSOFT CORPORATION, PETITIONER v. I4I LIMITED PARTNERSHIP et al.

Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: April 18, 2011
Decided: June 9, 2011
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

MICROSOFT CORPORATION, PETITIONER v. I4I LIMITED PARTNERSHIP et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 2011. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 2011.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patentability of computer processes
Petitioner: Computer business or manufacturer, hardware or software
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Computer business or manufacturer, hardware or software
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 564 U.S. 91
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sonia Sotomayor

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 liberal.

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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