Apple, Samsung, Oculus, Facebook, US Chamber of Commerce IP Index, Amazon – the week in IP

February 08 2017

The Federal Circuit remanding Apple and Samsung’s design patent damages case back to district court, a jury awarding Zenimax $500m against Facebook, the US Chamber of Commerce releasing its annual IP Index, the Eastern District of Texas staying 20 cases involving Amazon, and Bob Goodlatte outlining his IP agenda were among recent intellectual property stories

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