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Blurred Reactions to Music Copyright Ruling

I woke up Wednesday anticipating the possibility of an Oil States ruling on the constitutionality of IPRs from the Supreme Court. Once again I—and I'm sure many of you—were disappointed. The high court has now decided 10 of the 16 cases it heard prior to the Nov. 27 Oil States arguments, and six more argued since.

I've examined these numbers, run a few simulations and reached this determination: Oil States could come any time between now and the end of the Supreme Court's term in June.

But there was an IP consolation prize on Wednesday: The Ninth Circuit issued Williams v. Gaye, upholding the $5 million judgment in the copyright dispute over the smash 2013 single Blurred Lines.