In a relatively rare “pro-patent” decision, the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week unanimously overruled the Federal Circuit’s so-called Seagate standard for finding willful patent infringement and awarding enhanced...more
6/20/2016
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Enhanced Damages ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Octane Fitness v. ICON ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
Seagate ,
Standard of Review ,
Stryker v Zimmer ,
Willful Infringement
Yesterday, in a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Sotomayor, the U.S. Supreme Court in Hana Financial., Inc. v. Hana Bank et al. decided that trademark tacking is a question of fact to be decided by juries, and that the...more