Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice Advance Access originally published online on January 30, 2006
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2006 1(4):234-235; doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpl008
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US patent infringement statute extends to the international market for copies of US software
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In a patent infringement action involving the international distribution of Microsoft's Windows software, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has interpreted US patent statute 35 USC section 271(f) as extending infringement liability to foreign computers assembled with copies of software replicated abroad from a US-made master version.