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1 November 2018

Supreme Court Allows Patent Owners To Recover Lost Foreign Profits

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In an article recently published by the New York Law Journal, Litigation and Intellectual Property partner Chris Gaspar
United States Intellectual Property

In an article recently published by the New York Law Journal, Litigation and Intellectual Property partner Chris Gaspar, special counsel Nathaniel Browand and associate Nathaniel Dang discuss the US Supreme Court's recent decision in WesternGeco v. ION Geophysical. In June 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that under certain circumstances, a patent owner can recover lost foreign profits. In the article, the authors determine that it remains to be seen whether courts will interpret WesternGeco as "a signal that the scope of damages permitted for other types of patent infringement should be more expansive."

Read the full article: "Supreme Court Allows Patent Owners to Recover Lost Foreign Profits."

Previously published in the New York Law Journal

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