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Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co.

Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc., 580 U.S. 53 (2016)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year2016
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

For a design-patent damages award under 35 U.S.C. § 289, the relevant 'article of manufacture' to which the patented design is applied — and on which the infringer's 'total profit' is calculated — may be either the end product sold to the consumer or merely a component of that multicomponent product.

Area of Law

Constitutional / Public Law

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