Justice O’Connor delivered the opinion of the Court. We must decide today what limits the operation of the federal patent system places on the States’ ability to offer substantial protection to utilitarian and design ideas which the patent laws leave otherwise unprotected. In Interpart <span ="1" class="star-pagination" "1…
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