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Design patent damages can far exceed the reasonable royalties often associated with utility patent infringement because design patentees can recover the infringer’s total profits from the [...]

In some welcome news for patent owners, an appeals court recently issued a unanimous decision that expands liability for direct infringement. The ruling should make it easier for patentees to [...]

In 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l established a two-part test for determining patent eligibility. In its wake, the decision has left many of [...]

A recent decision by the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals — SpeedTrack Inc. v. Office Depot, Inc. — is good news for manufacturers accused, but exonerated, of patent infringement. These [...]

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises, Inc. (see prior post) doesn’t necessarily leave patent holders without financial recourse after their patents expire. The Court’s [...]

In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the much-anticipated ruling regarding the availability of royalties beyond a patent’s expiration date in which the Court declined to override a [...]

Reissue patents allow a patentee to correct an existing patent by broadening or narrowing the originally issued claims but the reissue patent can claim only inventions that were described in the [...]

Is an alleged infringer’s good faith belief that a patent is invalid a defense to contributory infringement or inducement claims? Not according to the Supreme Court.

Patent drafters sometimes turn to “means-plus-function” language to claim an invention based on its function rather than its underlying structure. This article covers a recent ruling showing that [...]

Those who believe they’ve been the victim of patent infringement shouldn’t delay filing a claim. By waiting too long, an accused infringer may be able to build a defense called “laches” — which [...]