Setting up a major shift in patent litigation, the Supreme Court in T.C. Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, today rejected the long-standing Federal Circuit precedent of VE Holding Corp. v. Johnson Gas Appliance...more
5/23/2017
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Patent Assertion Entities ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trolls ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Principal Place of Business ,
SCOTUS ,
State of Incorporation ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods ,
Venue
On February 22, 2017, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion in Life Technologies. Corp. v. Promega Corp., 580 U.S. ___ (2017) (Roberts, C.J., recused), holding that manufacturing and exporting a single component...more
2/24/2017
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Component Parts Doctrine ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Life Technologies Corp v Promega Corp ,
Manufacturer Liability ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Supply Contracts
In Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Tech., Inc., the Supreme Court unanimously held that there can be no liability for induced infringement of a patented method where the steps of the method are carried out by separate...more
7/3/2014
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Contract Interpretation ,
Direct Infringement ,
Induced Infringement ,
Limelight Networks ,
Limelight v Akamai ,
Miniauction ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS
On January 10, 2014 the Supreme Court granted certiorari in two patent cases, one copyright case, and a fourth case that may have implications for federal trademark law. The Court had already granted certiorari in at least...more