Intellectual Property
Dec. 30, 2016
Ruling is sea change for design-patent cases
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court unanimously held that damages awards for design-patent infringement need not be the total profits for the entire infringing product, but may instead be the profits for a component of that product. By Stephen Larson
Stephen Larson
The battle between Apple and Samsung rages on in the appellate courts, where the high-stakes dispute is resulting in significant rulings. On Dec. 6, the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a $399 million damages award against Samsung for infringement of Apple's design patents. Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple, Inc., 2016 DJDAR 12017 (2016) (Apple I). It is the Supreme Court's first design-patent decision in more than a...
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