Q: Could you explain the significance of the upcoming Supreme Court case WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.?
Ronald E. Cahill: WesternGeco will address extraterritorial reach and a specific type of infringement under Sec. 271(f) of the patent statute, where components of an invention are made in the U.S., but sent outside the country to be combined in an infringing device...
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