In the News Supreme Court Curbs Excessive Design Patent Damages
Together with Public Knowledge, R Street, the American Antitrust Institute, and IP Justice, EFF filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court. We argued that a design patent relating to a component should not allow a patent owner to capture every penny of profit from the entire device. Such a rule would be an invitation to trolling and litigation abuse, especially when it is so easy to get design patents approved.
