Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc.

US Supreme Court
Decision Date: 
December 6, 2016
Case Number: 
No. 15-777
Court Topics: 
Patents

In arriving at a damages award for design-patent infringement involving a multicomponent product, the relevant “article of manufacture,” 35 U. S. C. §289, need not be the end product sold to the consumer but may be only a component of that product.