Intellectual Property,
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar. 26, 2016
Could the Apple-Samsung fight unleash a new wave of patent trolls?
It will be interesting to see how the Supreme Court decides this issue, and whether the fears Samsung raised of a new wave of "design patent trolls" becomes reality.
Ben M. Davidson
Founder
Davidson Law Group ALC
Intellectual Property
Email: Ben@dlgla.com
George Washington Univ Law School
Ben is a former patent examiner and represents corporations in intellectual property litigation and proceedings before the U. S. Patent & Trademark Office.
When the ornamental design of a product sold by a company infringes a design patent, should the patent owner be awarded the total profits on the infringing product, or just those profits it made from the ornamental design? On Monday, the Supreme Court granted a petition for writ of certiorari to decide that question in Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple, 15-777.
At issue in this latest chapter of the smartphone wars is whether Apple can keep the $399 million award that a jury...
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