United States design patentstotal profitarticle of manufacture

Samsung Electronics Co v Apple Inc

580 US 53 (2016)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

Year2016

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

In design patent cases, the 'article of manufacture' to which a design is applied may be a component of a multi-component product rather than the entire product; disgorgement of total profits is not automatic.

Area of Law

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