Corporate,
Intellectual Property,
International Law,
Civil Litigation,
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 17, 2018
Justices to consider lost profits, extraterritoriality
The U.S. Supreme Court will review whether lost profits can be awarded in patent cases based on use of patented systems occurring outside the United States where the system's components were exported in violation of 35 U.S.C. Section 271(f).
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.
OCTOBER 2017 TERM
On Jan. 12, in WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., 16-1011, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to review whether lost profits can be awarded in patent cases based on use of patented systems occurring outside the United States where the system's components were exported in violation of 35 U.S.C. Section 271(f).
The case involves systems for surveying o...
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