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Accounting of profits reaffirmed as available remedy for patent infringement
The Federal Court of Appeal provided clarifying guidance the “accounting of profits” for patent infringement. As a starting point, successful patentees are entitled seek an accounting of profits unless there are sufficient reasons to deny the remedy. This decision negates previous case law that suggested accounting of profits may be a purely discretionary decision of…
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