The Supreme Court has made it easier for patent owners to prove willful infringement and entitlement to enhanced damages. In a unanimous opinion issued yesterday in a pair of cases decided together, Halo Electronics, Inc. v....more
6/15/2016
/ 35 U.S.C. ยง 284 ,
Abuse of Discretion ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Judicial Discretion ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
SCOTUS ,
Seagate ,
Standard of Proof ,
Standard of Review ,
Stryker v Zimmer ,
Willful Infringement
On Thursday, September 17, 2015, in the fourth Federal Circuit opinion arising out of the patent skirmishes between global high technology titans Apple and Samsung Electronics, a sharply divided Federal Circuit panel vacated...more
10/5/2015
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Apple ,
Apple v Samsung ,
Article III ,
eBay Test ,
Injunctive Relief ,
iPhone ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Nexus ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Public Interest ,
Samsung ,
Standing ,
Vacated