Al Faraj, 40, a property developer in the Middle East has already passed the Premier League's fit and proper test.

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In a decision that could have far-reaching implications in the realm of intellectual property, the justices on Monday unanimously overturned an appellate court's decision, ruling that the test for determining whether an invention is "obvious"--and thus not patentable--is too rigid.

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