In a victory for big patent holders, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of eBay in a closely watched dispute. The unanimous decision spells an end to the long-standing presumption in patent cases that an injunction should issue almost automatically when infringement is found. That presumption has been used as leverage against manufacturers that would rather settle with challengers than risk seeing a product halted in its tracks. The ruling sends the dispute back to Virginia federal court.
May 16, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A Supreme Court ruling Monday in favor of eBay Inc. in a closely watched patent dispute made it harder for those claiming infringement to win permanent injunctions against major patent holders and manufacturers.
The unanimous decision was a major win for eBay and other big patent holders that frequently face crippling litigation from parties that get injunctions to protect one of thousands of patents used in a complex product.
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