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Federal Circuit Limits Patent Misuse in Princo  
 
 
Anticompetitive practices with only loose connection to the asserted patent—such as suppressing a potentially competitive technology — must find a remedy in antitrust, not patent, law

A sharply divided en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit significantly narrowed the scope of the patent misuse defense this week. In Princo Corp. v. International Trade Commission, a five judge majority drew a sharp line

 
 

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