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Foreign-Made Copies of Software Do Not Infringe Patent for Software-Implemented Invention: The Supreme Court's Decision in Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp.

Can a company skirt infringement of a U.S. patent for a software-enabled computer by sending a master software disk from the United States to a non-U.S. country where computers are loaded with installation disks generated from the master disk, but are not loaded with the master disk itself? In <i>Microsoft Corp. v. AT&amp;T Corp.</i>, 550 U.S. ____, 127 S.Ct. 1746 (2007), a highly anticipated decision with potentially significant ramifications for the enforcement of software-based patents, the Supreme Court answered 'yes.'

18 minute read June 28, 2007 at 04:16 PM
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Dervis Magistre
Foreign-Made Copies of Software Do Not Infringe Patent for Software-Implemented Invention: The Supreme Court's Decision in Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp.

Can a company skirt infringement of a U.S. patent for a software-enabled computer by sending a master software disk from the United States to a non-U.S. country where computers are loaded with installation disks generated from the master disk, but are not loaded with the master disk itself?

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