U.S. Supreme Court
Mar. 10, 2016
Don't punt back to the Federal Circuit
After it announces a legal standard in a pair of patent cases, will the Supreme Court apply it to the facts of these cases? By Sunil Kulkarni
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Sunil R. Kulkarni
Judge
Santa Clara County Superior Court
Juvenile Justice Direct
UC College of the Law, San Francisco
Judge Kulkarni has been a judge on the Santa Clara County Superior Court for over seven years. Before taking the bench, he was a senior counsel for the University of California for over two years, and with Morrison & Foerster LLP for over 13 years as a partner and associate.
On Feb. 23, the U.S. Supreme Court held combined oral argument for two patent cases: Halo Electronics v. Pulse Electronics and Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer Inc. Unless the justices tie 4-4 (a possibility, given Justice Antonin Scalia's recent death), the court likely will issue a legal standard governing the question raised by these cases (when to award enhanced damages following a finding of patent infringement)....
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