When is patent infringement not patent infringement? Merck v Integra and the 'safe harbour'

Integra v. Merck: Limiting the Scope of the 271(e)(1) Exception to Patent Infringement

Transnational electronic systems and patent infringement

the Federal Circuit (the US court of appeals for all patent cases) took a look at whether operators of transna-tional electronic systems with some components in the US and some in other countries can be held liable for patent infringement. The NTP case involved the defendant, Research In Motion's (RIM's) BlackBerry electronic mail system, which has customers in the US and important parts of the...

Social network analysis of patent infringement lawsuits

Article history: Received 29 December 2011 Received in revised form 30 September 2012 Accepted 2 October 2012 Available online 8 November 2012 Using patent lawsuit information, we develop a method to identify companies with a significant legal influence on the technologies used in their industry. We construct a patent-infringement lawsuits graph, using the data from intellectual property lawsui...

The Supreme Court's Quiet Revolution in Induced Patent Infringement

The Supreme Court over the last decade or so has reengaged with patent law. While much attention has been paid to the Court’s reworking of what constitutes patent-eligible subject matter and enhancing tools to combat “patent trolls,” what many have missed is the Court’s reworking of the contours of active inducement of patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). The Court has taken the same n...

Patent Infringement and Forum Shopping in the European Union

This Article first considers the extent to which a patentee is entitled, under the various Conventions governing jurisdiction and enforcement, to which all EU Member States are signatories, to choose the forum in which to sue for infringement. This Article then considers the factors which a patentee is likely to look for when choosing the forum in which to bring proceedings for infringement. It...