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30 June 2017Europe

Enhanced damages: takeaways post-Halo

On June 13, 2016, the US Supreme Court held in Halo Electronics v Pulse Electronics that the two-part test in In re Seagate Technology, which was used to determine wilful patent infringement and enhanced damages, was “unduly rigid” and not consistent with section 284 of the Patent Act.

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