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 ,
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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
On January 20, 2015, resolving a long debated issue, the U.S. Supreme Court set aside the Federal Circuit’s de novo review of every aspect of a lower court’s claim construction decision, rejecting that form of review where...more
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 June 19, 2014, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l, No. 13-298, which was previously discussed. In a unanimous opinion by Justice Thomas, the Court held, consistent with its precedent,...more
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