IS HE STRONG? LISTEN, BUD! HE'S GOT RADIOACTIVE BLOOD! When SCOTUS
decides a patent licensing statutory interpretation case (about a Spider-Man toy), including noting (in the statement of fact) that "The parties set no end date for royalties, apparently
contemplating that they would continue for as long as kids
want to imitate Spider-Man (by doing whatever a spider
can)," and explaining
stare decisis with:
What we can decide, we can undecide. But stare decisis
teaches that we should exercise that authority sparingly.
Cf. S. Lee and S. Ditko, Amazing Fantasy No. 15: “SpiderMan,”
p. 13 (1962) (“[I]n this world, with great power
there must also come—great responsibility”).
You better believe we're on it.
I also like references to "webs of patent decisions" and "Patents endow their holders with certain superpowers,
ReplyDeletebut only for a limited time."