Litigation
Sep. 8, 2006
Supreme Court Sets Tougher Rules for Patent Suits
FOCUS COLUMN - In eBay Inc. v. MercExchange LLC, 126 S.Ct. 1837 (2006), the U.S. Supreme Court abolished the longstanding practice of granting permanent injunctions as a matter of right in favor of patentees proving infringement of a valid patent.
Focus Column
By Rick Mulloy and Anne-Marie Dinius
In eBay Inc. v. MercExchange LLC, 126 S.Ct. 1837 (2006), the U.S. Supreme Court abolished the longstanding practice of granting permanent injunctions as a matter of right in favor of patentees proving infringement of a valid patent. This former rule provided patentees with tremendous leverage from the outset of a patent infr...
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