Samsung v Apple analysis: design patents put to the test at Supreme Court

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Samsung v Apple analysis: design patents put to the test at Supreme Court

October 17 2016
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Apple was put in a tough spot during oral arguments at the US Supreme Court over how the value of design patent infringement should be determined while it was unclear if the Justices were swayed by Samsung’s proposal of a two-part test for establishing the article of manufacture, believe observers

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