Stryker, Zimmer Get Day In Supreme Court For Questions On Enhanced Patent Damages
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Justices were asked to review a Federal Circuit policy that limits the circumstances in which enhanced damages can be awarded in patent infringement cases for willful infringement.
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