News & Analysis as of

Manufacturers Article of Manufacture

Womble Bond Dickinson

Federal Circuit Limits Design Patents to Identified Article of Manufacture

Womble Bond Dickinson on

On September 12, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) of a design patent infringement case using the title and claim to limit the claimed design to a...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

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

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

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on

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

Burr & Forman on

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

Clark Hill PLC

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

Clark Hill PLC on

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

Fenwick & West LLP

Litigation Alert: A Unanimous Supreme Court Reverses Federal Circuit Ruling on Damages in Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc.

Fenwick & West LLP on

On December 6, 2016, in a unanimous opinion written by Justice Sotomayor, the Supreme Court reversed the Federal Circuit’s affirmance of the damages award in Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc. The question before the...more

Knobbe Martens

U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Apple's $400M Award Against Samsung

Knobbe Martens on

A Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Pulls Back the Reach of Damages Awards for Design Patents Summary The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, unanimously held that damages awards for design patent infringement need...more

Snell & Wilmer

Supreme Court Dismantles $400M Apple Design Patent Award Against Samsung

Snell & Wilmer on

In Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc., the Supreme Court of the United States today reversed the Federal Circuit’s decision upholding Apple Inc.’s nearly $400 million design patent award against Samsung Electronics Co.,...more

8 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide