This week’s Case of the Week concerns issues relating to free speech in the patent infringement context. In an appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the ...

The Federal Circuit recently reversed, vacated, and remanded a decision by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, finding that the District Court had abused its ...

Before Newman, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Summary: Enjoining a patentee from making statements about potential patent infringement ...

Held: Under 35 U.S.C. § 287, a patentee is permitted to inform a potential infringer of the existence of its patent, and a court may only enjoin the patentee from such communication if the patentee ...