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Intellectual Property

Feb. 24, 2011

High Court Considers Patent Question

A relatively small-time patent dispute over a deep fryer will provide the U.S. Supreme Court the big-time opportunity to impact legal fees in the innovation industry.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - A relatively small-time patent dispute over a deep fryer will provide the U.S. Supreme Court the big-time opportunity to impact legal fees in the innovation industry, especially the technology firms in Silicon Valley and life-science companies in the Golden Triangle.


The court will consider Wednesday the legal standard for proving that a defendant actively induced the infringement of a ...

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