You get a sense of increasing exasperation from the Supreme Court with the incredibly pro-patent antics of the Federal Circuit. See the good discussion at SCOTU

You get a sense of increasing exasperation from the Supreme Court with the incredibly pro-patent antics of the Federal Circuit. See the good discussion at SCOTUSblog here: http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/opinion-recap-justices-want-federal-circuit-out-of-loop-on-fee-disputes-in-patent-cases/ http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/opinion-recap-justices-wan.... One hopes that this series of unanimous reversals will chasten the court, but the past two decades has demonstrated that the federal circuit feels that patent protections can never be strong enough or overly broad.