ARE Patent Law Alert: Supreme Court Rejects Seagate Test for Enhanced Damages in Patent Cases

On June 13, 2016, the United States Supreme Court issued a joint decision in Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., No. 14-1513 and Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer, Inc., No. 14-1520, slip op. (U.S. June 13, 2016) (collectively, “Halo”), unanimously rejecting the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s Seagate test for enhanced […]