United States:
Supreme Court Allows Recovery Of Foreign Lost Profit Damages
23 July 2018
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
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In a highly-anticipated case examining the geographical reach of
U.S. patents, WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.,
No. 16-1011 (S. Ct. June 22, 2018), the Supreme Court held that a
patent owner may recover lost profit damages resulting from foreign
infringing use of a U.S. patented invention under 35 U.S.C. §
271(f)(2). In doing so, the Supreme Court reversed the Federal
Circuit's previous ruling that lost profits from use abroad
cannot be awarded for infringement under 271(f).
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