The first part of this series of blog postings looked at the two trademark decisions that the Supreme Court considered since 2010 that were most likely to have an impact on other areas of IP law.

The Supreme Court decided five major trademark cases since 2010.

The Supreme Court issued decisions in several major intellectual property cases in 2016.

The Supreme Court issued decisions in several major intellectual property cases in 2016.

The Supreme Court also issued four more patent-related decisions within the last five years that are likely to be of limited interest to the readers of Industrial Heating magazine.

The Supreme Court added to a growing line of cases concerning a form of patent infringement that involves multiple actors called divided infringement or joint infringement in Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Techs., Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2111 (2014).

If an applicant for a patent is dissatisfied with an examiner’s final decision, then the applicant can appeal the decision to the in-house administrative tribunal of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which is known as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

I would like to take a break from discussing patent cases that were decided by the Supreme Court recently to discuss a new federal law, The Defend Trade Secrets Act, which was enacted on May 11, 2016.

The Supreme Court addressed another lingering issue in patent law relating to declaratory judgment actions recently.

The construction of patent claims is one of the most important issues in a patent case.