SCOTUS reverses Federal Circuit in Life Technologies v Promega
The US Supreme Court today ruled that supplying a single component of a multi-component invention for manufacture abroad does not constitute patent infringement.
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14 November 2017 The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reversed its findings in Life Technologies v Promega, nine months after the US Supreme Court limited overseas patent infringement.
5 December 2016 Oral arguments in Life Technologies v Promega are due to take place tomorrow in the US Supreme Court to determine whether the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit correctly defined “substantial portion”.