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Samsung V. Apple: Impacts Beyond Damages

Law360, New York (December 11, 2016, 10:33 PM EST) -- Courtland Reichman

Bahrad Sokhansanj Last week, in Samsung v. Apple, the U.S. Supreme Court decided its first design patent case in over a century. In a brief opinion, the Supreme Court rejected the Federal Circuit’s interpretation of the term “article of manufacture” in the context of design patent damages. Samsung held that such an article could be simply a component of a multi-component product. That seemingly straightforward outcome has far ranging implications, exposing tensions in design patent law of infringement, claim scope and definiteness, eligibility and damages. Below we focus on one aspect of this tension — the conflict with Egyptian...

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