Highlights of 2015 and What to Watch in 2016 in The United States -
Commil USA, llC v. CiSCo SyStemS, inC. (Supreme Court, may 26, 2015). In May, the Supreme Court held that a good faith belief that an asserted patent...more
1/15/2016
/ Cisco v CommilUSA ,
Copyright ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Damages ,
Digital Single Market ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
First Sale Doctrine ,
Indefiniteness ,
Induced Infringement ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Japan ,
JPO ,
Laches ,
Lexmark ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Patent Exhaustion ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Petrella v. MGM ,
SCOTUS ,
Suprema ,
Trade Secrets ,
Unitary Patent ,
Willful Infringement
Reversing an earlier panel decision, the en banc Federal Circuit confirmed that the ITC has the authority to issue exclusion orders against imported products that ultimately are used to infringe method claims, even if those...more
8/12/2015
/ Covered Business Method Patents ,
Direct Infringement ,
En Banc Review ,
Imports ,
Induced Infringement ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Section 337 ,
Suprema