[Ip-health] Compulsory licensing of patents under ebay decision

Wed Mar 21 11:08:19 2007

Interestingly, this principle of equity as a requirement for permanent inju=
nctions also applies to copyright cases, therefore this indirect granting o=
f compulsory licensing  apply to cases of copyright infringement. But, beca=
use the application of statutory damages to copyright infringement, the pri=
ce for this type of  "compulsory license" might get  really high.

My related  question is, whether on US law, the plaintif could sue again an=
d again, based on the permanent flow of infringing acts by the same infring=
ing defendant

LUIS VILLARROEL

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De: ip-health-admin@lists.essential.org [mailto:ip-health-admin@lists.essen=
tial.org] En nombre de James Packard Love
Enviado el: Mi=E9rcoles, 21 de Marzo de 2007 11:46
Para: Ip-health
Asunto: [Ip-health] Compulsory licensing of patents under ebay decision

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This is one current list of cases where courts have denied Permanent
Injunctions, under the recent eBay Supreme Court decision.

http://www.thefireofgenius.com/injunctions

On May 15, 2006, the Supreme Court issued its decision in eBay Inc.
v. MercExchange, LLC, 126 S. Ct. 1837. In eBay, the Supreme Court
held "that the decision whether to grant or deny injunctive relief
rests within the equitable discretion of the district courts, and
that such discretion must be exercised consistent with traditional
principles of equity, in patent disputes no less than in other cases
governed by such standards."

Permanent Injunctions denied:
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     * z4 Techs. v. Microsoft Corp., 434 F.Supp.2d 437 (E.D. Tex.
June 14, 2006) (Davis, J.)

     * Finisar Corp. v. DirecTV Group, No. 1:05-CV-264 (E.D. Tex.
July 6, 2006) (Clark, J.) (described on Michael Smith's blog about
E.D. Texas proceedings).

     * Paice LLC v. Toyota Motor Corp., No. 2:04-CV-211, 2006 WL
2385139 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 16, 2006) (Folsom, J.)

     * Voda v. Cordis Corp., No. CIV-03-1512, 2006 WL 2570614 (W.D.
Okla. Sept. 5, 2006)

     * Monsanto Co. v. Scruggs, 459 F.3d 1328 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (trial
court's permanent injunction order vacated, and the case remanded,
for complete analysis under the eBay test)

     * Sundance, Inc. v. DeMonte Fabricating Ltd., No. 02-73543, 2007
WL 37742 (E.D. Mich. Jan. 4, 2007)

     * IMX, Inc. v. LendingTree, LLC, No. 03-1067, 2007 WL 62697 (D.
Del. Jan. 10, 2007) (due in part to patentee's failure to supplement
the record after eBay, motion for permanent injunction "denied
without prejudice to renew subsequent to any appeal by the parties
relating to issue of infringement, validity, or wilfulness")

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James Packard Love
Knowledge Ecology International
http://www.keionline.org
james.love@keionline.org
Washington, DC +1.202.332.2670

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