In "Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC", on June 22, 2015, the Supreme Court refused to overrule "Brulotte v. Thys Co.", because of "stare decisis". The Court pointed out that "Congress has spurned multiple opportunities to reverse "Brulotte"," and "Congress has rebuffed bills that would have replaced "Brulotte's" "per se" rule with the same antitrust-style analysis Kimble now urges." Moreover, the Court maintained, there was not a good reason to overrule "Brulotte": ""Brulotte's" statutory and doctrinal underpinnings have not eroded over time." The patent statute at issue in "Brulotte" is essentially unchanged. The precedents on which the "Brulotte" Court relied, like other decisions enforcing a patent's cutoff date, remain good law. And "Brulotte"'s "close relation to a whole web of precedents means that reversing it could threaten others."