Mckayla Wilson
Oct 25, 2016

Patent Jury Trials: Do Administrative Proceedings at the U.S. Patent Office Undermine Patent Owners’ Right to a Jury?

The U.S. Supreme Court has said that patent infringement cases must be tried to a jury. A patent owner’s Seventh Amendment right to a jury is a powerful tool against infringers.


Case in point: A jury awarded VirnetX $302 million against Apple in September, finding FaceTime infringes two patents.  This was the third jury verdict in favor of the online security firm against Apple in the companies’ long-running dispute.  Juries in patent cases also gained strength this June when the U.S. Supreme Court lowered the requirements needed to show willful infringement to give juries a greater role in deciding whether infringement was willful. Read more : http://bit.ly/2ejtjLG