United States Supreme Court
WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., 16-1011
Reversed and remanded. WesternGeco owns a patent for a system to survey the ocean floor and they believed that a competing system owned by ION infringed on their patent. WesternGeco sued. The jury found ION liable and awarded WesternGeco damages including lost profit damages. ION argued that the lost profit damages was not allowed and the appellate court agreed with them. The US Supreme Court disagreed and reversed and remanded the decision stating that lost profits for a domestic patent was permissible under the Patent Act.
Appellate Information
- Published 2018/06/22
Judges
- Thomas
Court
- United States Supreme Court