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Holland & Hart LLP

The Rise of Design Patents: Insights from the Apple v. Samsung Battle

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The Apple v. Samsung patent battle over specific design features of Apple’s iPhone has changed the intellectual property (IP) landscape. Now, inventors beyond the technology sector are realizing the business value of design...more

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Smartphone Wars – The Last Jury: Samsung Owes $539M for Infringing Apple’s Patents

California jury recently awarded Apple $538.6 million in total damages for patent infringement by Samsung. This is the latest development in the patent battle between smartphone industry titans that began in 2011 and took...more

Jones Day

Jury Dials Up Record-Setting Damages Verdict for Design Patent Infringement

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On May 24, 2018, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California awarded Apple over $533 million in damages for Samsung's infringement of three Apple design patents covering portions of Apple's...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Apple v. Samsung: What Does it Really Mean for Consumer Product Companies?

In 2011, Apple sued Samsung in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.) alleging that several Samsung smartphones infringed utility and design patents owned...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Remand to District Court to Attempt to Identify “Article of Manufacture” for Design Patent Damages

Addressing the design patent battle between Apple and Samsung on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit declined to apply the new standard or to order specific...more

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The Apple May Not Fall Far from the Fashion Industry

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In 2011, Apple sued Samsung alleging among other things that various portions of Samsung smartphone products infringed claims of certain design patents owned by Apple (Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.). In 2012,...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

IP Law December Developments: What to Expect in the Future

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

McDermott Will & Emery

For Design Patent Damages, “Article of Manufacture” Not Necessarily Entire End Product

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Justice Sotomayor, writing for a unanimous Supreme Court of the United States, held that for purposes of determining damages for design patent infringement under 35 USC § 289, the relevant “article of manufacture” may include...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Substantially Devalues Design Patent Damages on Multicomponent Products: What Design Patent Holders Need to...

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The U.S. Supreme Court in a unanimous 8-0 opinion reversed and remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit an award to Apple, Inc. of $399 million of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.'s total profits on...more

Burr & Forman

Samsung Secures 8-0 Win in the Supreme Court Reversing Apple's $400 Million Damage Award

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The Supreme Court of the United States handed Samsung a victory yesterday by reversing a $400 million judgment previously won by Apple for infringement of several of Apple's design patents. In a unanimous 8-0 decision, the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Supreme Court Takes Small Bite of Apple, Leaves Bigger Questions Aside on Design Patent Damages

A unanimous Supreme Court held in Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc. that Section 289 of the Patent Act does not demand that the entire, infringing end-user product be the basis for determining damages for design patent...more

Clark Hill PLC

Apple v. Samsung – A Smartphone is More than Just a Pretty Face

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Since their initial release, smartphones have been a hot commodity with intense competition. One particularly contentious issue has been their appearance. During early development, Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) obtained several...more

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