In its recent decisions, the Supreme Court has rejected several principles adopted by the
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals to govern patent infringement litigation. The Court held that …

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit'(" CAFC") held in 1995 that" the interpretation
and construction of patent claims, which define the scope of the patentee's rights under the …

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) lowered the threshold standards
required for the acquisition of preliminary injunctions against patent infringement. 1 The …

The increasingly complex technology involved in patent infringement cases has lead many
to question the ability of district court judges and jurors in such cases to issue uniform and …

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit set into motion a line of authority to the effect that
when a patent owner seeks a preliminary injunction in a patent infringement case and …

For a number of years, accused patent infringers have been winning patent infringement
suits at a rate of three to one. While patent owners win slightly more than half the cases that …

Patent infringement cases may be the very definition of" high-stakes litigation." Findings of
patent infringement almost always result in the issuance of permanent injunctions, and …

The determination of patent infringement involves two steps. The first step is to establish the
meaning of the patent claims. The second is to determine whether the accused device or …

Historically, the US courts have almost as a matter of course upheld the presumption of a
permanent injunction when finding infringement of a valid patent.'However, the US Supreme …

Increasingly, accused infringers challenge a patent's validity in two different forums: in
litigation in federal court and in post-issuance review at the Patent and Trademark Office …