SUPREME COURT “QUICKLY” ENDS CIRCUIT SPLIT OVER REVERSE PAYMENTS WITHOUT THE ADOPTION OF A “QUICK” ANALYSIS: WHY THE RULE OF REASON IS INFERIOR TO THE “QUICK LOOK” RULE OF REASON
Author: Adrianna Exler
The laws of innovation and intellectual property have been well established and prominently secured in the United States since the enactment of the U.S. Constitution. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution states: “Congress shall have Power . . . To promote the Progress of Science and the useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.” The patent rights granted to an inventor, upon successful acceptance by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), are directly correlated to upholding the Constitutional principle of promoting innovation of the arts and sciences.