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Read our current issue: Volume 14, Issue 1 - Spring 2009

Compulsory Licensing of Nonpracticing Patentees After eBay v. MercExchange
By Jaideep Venkatesan
The Supreme Court’s 2006 decision in eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C. ended the Federal Circuit’s practice of automatically granting permanent injunctions for patent infringement, auguring an era of compulsory licensing for certain patentees, particularly those who do not commercialize their patents. Denials of permanent injunctions and compulsory licensing were rare before eBay as most courts refused to assign a value to patents for ongoing infringement. An ...
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