High court limits multiple royalties for patent holders
| June 10, 2008 |  View for printing |
The Supreme Court on Monday limited the ability of companies to collect multiple royalties on their patents, the latest step by the justices to scale back the power of patent-holders.
The unanimous decision, which helps customers of Intel Corp., involved a longtime Supreme Court doctrine that in recent years had been eroded by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, which handles patent cases nationally.
Pete Yost, Associated Press
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