U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan forged a 5-4 majority for preserving, but limiting, the doctrine of assignor estoppel. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a bid to do away with patent law’s doctrine of assignor estoppel, despite a 1969 opinion that was widely read as hinting its demise.

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