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United States of America: Supreme Court decision with extraterritorial implications for U.S. patent law

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22 Jun 2018

This decision may strengthen the extraterritorial application of U.S. patent law, especially in cases involving the assembly abroad of exported U.S. components.

 

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

22 Jun 2018

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 22 Jun 2018
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