For a short while, it appeared the U.S. Supreme Court was losing interest in intellectual property law. Following the blockbuster 2013-14 term that featured 10 IP decisions, the number dropped to five in 2014-15 and just three this term.
That downward trend appears almost guaranteed to reverse in 2016-17. With two cert grants this past week, IP already features in three of the 12 cases that the high court has scheduled for next term, and several more seen as cert-worthy are expected to hit the court’s conference by this fall.
