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Kappos v. Hyatt

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Docket nos.
  
10-1219

Argument
  
Oral argument

Citations
  
566 U.S. ___ (more)

Full case name
  
David Kappos, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Gilbert P. Hyatt

Prior history
  
Decision against petitioner, unreported (BPAI 2001); summary judgement for defendant sub nom. Hyatt v. Dudas, 2006 WL 4606037 (D.D.C. 2005); affirmed sub nom. Hyatt v. Doll, 576 F.3d 1246 (Fed. Cir. 2009); vacated and remanded on en banc rehearing, 625 F.3d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2010); certiorari granted, 131 S.Ct. 3064 (2011)

Majority
  
Thomas, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan

Kappos v. Hyatt, 566 U.S. ___ (2012), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that there are no limitations on a plaintiff's ability to introduce new evidence in a ยง145 proceeding other than those in the Federal Rules of Evidence and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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Kappos v. Hyatt Wikipedia