Federal Circuit Overturns Earlier Decision and Holds No Liability for Exporting Components of Method Patents By Evan Kubota – Edited by Sarah Sorscher Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. St. Jude Medical, Inc., 2007-1296, -1347 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 19, 2009) Slip Opinion On August 19, 2009, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, held that 35 U.S.C. § 271(f), a statute providing for liability for exporting components of patented inventions, does not apply to method patents. The ruling overturned ...
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