EFF urges US Supreme Court not to extend patent damages abroad

The amicus brief filed by the EFF, in collaboration with the R Street Institute, Professor Bernard Chao, and Professor Brian Love, urged the Supreme Court not to let WesternGeco recover lost profits for the use of Ion’s infringing invention overseas.

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