SCOTUS rules in Life Tech v Promega: One is not enough

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SCOTUS rules in Life Tech v Promega: One is not enough

February 23 2017
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The Supreme Court has reversed the Federal Circuit in Life Tech v Promega, ruling that manufacture and exportation of a single component of a patented invention assembled in another country is not enough for infringement in the US. However, as a concurring opinion and observers note, the court did not indicate how much more than one is enough

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