A new decade is upon us, and its first two months have
veered between ordinary and chaotic. Somewhere in the middle of
that spectrum lie a handful of developments relevant to the field
of Intellectual Property.
Right now, it is not clear if IP's changes will materialize
at blistering speed or a more measured pace, but 2020 is set to
feature several key IP law trends.
Diagnostic patents will stay status quo in American IP law, for
now
The 2010s were a curious decade for IP cases in the highest
court of the U.S. Numerous decisions, including Alice Corp. v
CLS Bank and Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus
Labs added knottier caveats to the already complex, but, up to
that point, well-established - spiderweb of American IP law.
Recently, the Supreme Court declined a case that could have shook
up IP regulations:
