Perspective
Dec. 30, 2016
Patent law in 2017
Next year, the Supreme Court will be turning its focus on patent cases to extraterritorial aspects and is expected to rule on two cases on that topic. The court seems likely to shy away from subject-matter eligibility cases. By Lily Lim and Michael Liu Su
Lily Lim
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Finnegan Henderson et al LLP
intellectual property, litigation
3300 Hillview Ave
Palo Alto , CA 94304
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Email: lily.lim@finnegan.com
Yale Law School
Lily Lim is a partner at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP in Palo Alto. Ms. Lim practices intellectual property law, and she has prevailed at trial and on appeal in cases involving patent, copyright, and trade secret disputes. Ms. Lim is also a certified information privacy professional (CIPP/US) providing strategic counseling on cybersecurity and privacy best practices.
Over the past several years, the U.S. Supreme Court actively scrutinized what subject matter is eligible for patent protection. For 2017, the Supreme Court will be turning its focus on patent cases to extraterritorial aspects and is expected to rule on two cases on that topic: Life Technologies v. Promega, 14-1538, and Impression Products v. Lexmark, 15-1189.
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