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Patent Injunctions: Quo Vadis ' What Is the Expectation of a Patentee After eBay?

Whither goest thou?' Or, in plain English: Where are you going? That is the question that must be asked of the courts in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent decision in <i>eBay, Inc., v. MercExchange, LLC</i>, 126 S. Ct 1837 (2006), in which the Court reversed the long-standing practice in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the 'Federal Circuit') of granting permanent injunctions in patent cases absent a persuasive reason for not doing so.

38 minute read August 01, 2006 at 09:21 AM
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Steven Pokotilow and Richard Eskew
Patent Injunctions: Quo Vadis ' What Is the Expectation of a Patentee After eBay?

Whither goest thou?' Or, in plain English: Where are you going? That is the question that must be asked of the courts in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent decision in eBay, Inc., v.

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