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2 June 2014Patents

Supreme Court overturns Limelight and Nautilus cases

The US Supreme Court has today overturned rulings in two patent cases that could provide guidance for future infringement lawsuits and limit the power of non-practising entities (NPEs), sometimes known as “patent trolls”.

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