2010 Patent Happenings    
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January 2010 (click for full issue)

   
  • Federal Circuit holds that the penalty for false marking under § 292 must be assessed on a per article basis with the district court setting the amount of the penalty anywhere from a fraction of a penny to a maximum of $500 per article falsely marked
  • E.D. Texas applies on-going royalty to redesigned product since it was not more than colorably different from original adjudicated infringing product
  • Lessons to note from the Federal Circuit’s opinion in i4i on the need for JMOL motions and opinions of counsel
  • Mandamus granted to transfer infringement action to forum where accused product was developed since original forum had no “relevant factual connection” to the infringement action
   
     

 

   
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