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It shapes the balance between contract and patent law."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 17, lines 37-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-608.pdf","page_label":"file page 17, lines 37-47"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 28, lines 3-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-608.pdf","page_label":"file page 28, lines 3-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-608.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 58, lines 31-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-608.pdf","page_label":"file page 58, lines 31-39"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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