I/P in October 2005 term of the U.S. Supreme Court

Professor Wegner has released yet another paper discussing seven cases before the Court during its next term, along with their status and implications:

A. Oral Argument in November 2005
(1) Unitherm v. Swift Eckrich – argument November 2, 2005
(2) Illinois Tool v. Independent Ink – argument November 29, 2005

B. Certiorari Petitions
(3) Schering-Plough – cert. petition briefing stage
(4) KSR v. Teleflex – awaiting vote on certiorari
(5) Lab. Corp. v. Metabolite – awaiting vote on certiorari
(6) eBay v. MercExchange – cert. petition briefing stage

C. Case Awaiting En Banc Circuit Decision
(7) The BlackBerry case – awaiting denial of en banc at the circuit

The Patently-O Blog has summarized the cases here and kindly posted a copy of the Good Professor's thoughts here.