Brenner, Commissioner Of Patents V. Manson (1966)

BRENNER, COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS v. MANSON
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: November 17, 1965
Decided: March 21, 1966
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Abe Fortas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas • John Harlan II

BRENNER, COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS v. MANSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1966. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1965.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

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About the case[edit]

• Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
• Petitioner: Patent Office, or Commissioner of, or Board of Appeals of
• Petitioner state: Unknown
• Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
• Respondent state: Unknown
• Citation: 383 U.S. 519
• How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
• What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
• Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
• Who wrote the majority opinion: Abe Fortas

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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