WIPR readers have said the US Supreme Court should overturn lower court rulings in two patent infringement cases that centre on enhanced damages.
Responding to WIPR’s most recent survey, 66% of readers said they thought the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s rulings on enhanced damages in the Halo v Pulse and Stryker v Zimmer cases should be overturned.
Earlier this month the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the cases, which have been consolidated.
Both plaintiffs are seeking a ruling from the Supreme Court that rejects the federal circuit’s decisions to deny them enhanced damages.
The federal circuit rejected the claims because of its two-part test for determining whether infringement was wilful.
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