Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Service (Argued 02/19/2019)

Is the government a “person” who may institute review proceedings under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act?

Advocates:
Beth S. Brinkmann, for the petitioner
Malcolm L. Stewart, for the respondents

Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC (Argued 02/20/2019)

Under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, does a debtor-licensor’s rejection of a license agreement terminate rights of the licensee that would survive the licensor’s breach under non-bankruptcy law?

Advocates:
Danielle Spinelli, for the petitioner
Zachary D. Tripp, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, for the United States, as amicus curiae, in support of petitioner
Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, for the respondent