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Quantity - Not Quality - Matters in Assessing Liability for Patent Infringement under Section 271(f)(1)

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In Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp., the Supreme Court ruled that, as a matter of law, “the supply of a single component of a multicomponent invention” from the United States does not trigger liability under Section...more

Lathrop GPM

Supreme Court Limits Potential Liability for Overseas Patent Infringement

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Sale from the U.S. to overseas destination of a single component cannot violate § 271(f) - On February 22, the Supreme Court announced its latest unanimous decision in a patent case....more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

The Supreme Court Chooses Quantity over Quality – Supplying a Single Component of a Multicomponent Invention Does Not Constitute...

On February 22, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether the supply of a single component of a multicomponent invention qualifies as an infringing act under 35 USC §271(f)(1) of the U.S. Patent Act. In its...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Supreme Court Limits § 271(f)(1) Overseas Infringement Reach: More than One Exported Component Required for Offshore Manufacturing...

The US Supreme Court held in Life Techs. Corp. v. Promega Corp., Slip No. 14-1538 (Feb. 22, 2017) that supplying a single component of a multi-component invention manufactured abroad does not give rise to patent infringement...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

U.S. Supreme Court Limits Patent Law's Reach over Extraterritorial Infringement Liability

Today, in Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp.,1 the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that supply of a single component of a multicomponent invention for manufacture abroad does not give rise to liability under 35...more

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