Government Seeks To Argue In High Court Foreign Patent Infringement Profits Suit

Mealey's (March 12, 2018, 10:57 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — One week after filing an amicus curiae brief, the U.S. government on March 9 filed a motion in the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking leave to participate in April 18 oral arguments in a case focusing on whether a patent holder can be awarded profits for a party’s acts of infringement outside the United States (WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., No. 16-1011, U.S. Sup.)....