Availability of Injunctive Relief in Patent Cases : eBay, Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C.
Examines challenges to the availability of injunctive relief in patent infringement cases when an injunction's disruptive effects on the public may outweigh the interest in enforcing the patent holder's "right to exclude others" from making, using, offering for sale, or selling t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Examines challenges to the availability of injunctive relief in patent infringement cases when an injunction's disruptive effects on the public may outweigh the interest in enforcing the patent holder's "right to exclude others" from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the patented invention throughout the U.S., or importing the invention into the U.S. Reviews basic principles of patent law, eBay, Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., and H.R. 2795, the Patent Reform Act of 2005, which would require courts, when determining whether to issue injunction relief, to consider the fairness of the remedy in light of all the facts and relevant interests of the parties associated with the invention. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |