On June 22, 2018, the Supreme Court issued a decision in WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophyiscal Corp. addressing whether foreign lost profits can be recovered for infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)(2) of the Patent Act. ...more
6/26/2018
/ 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)(2) ,
35 U.S.C. § 284 ,
Appeals ,
Damages ,
Domestic Injury ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Profits ,
Foreign Sales ,
Lost Profits ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
WesternGeco LLC v Ion Geophysical Corporation
On April 24, 2018, the same day that the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of inter partes review (IPR) challenges to issued patents in one decision (Oil States Energy Services v. Green’s Energy Group), it also...more
5/1/2018
/ America Invents Act ,
Appellate Review ,
Chevron Deference ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group ,
Partial Institution ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
SAS Institute Inc. v Iancu ,
SCOTUS
On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC rejecting a Constitutional challenge to the inter partes review (IPR) procedure for challenging an issued...more
4/27/2018
/ America Invents Act ,
Article III ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patents ,
Private Property ,
Public Property ,
Public Rights Doctrine ,
Right to a Jury ,
SCOTUS ,
Separation of Powers ,
Seventh Amendment ,
Takings Clause
December has been a hot month for IP law, with important developments in several cases that may significantly impact your intellectual property prosecution and enforcement strategies. Here is a brief summary of each of these...more
12/30/2016
/ Apple v Samsung ,
Article of Manufacture ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Certiorari ,
Cisco ,
Component Parts Doctrine ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Design Patent ,
Doctrine of Scénes á Faire ,
Forum Shopping ,
Google ,
Internet ,
Internet of Things ,
Java ,
Oracle ,
Oracle v Google ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Profits ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Silicon Valley ,
Smartphones ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods ,
Venue