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The Right Not To Use In Property And Patent Law, Oskar Liivak, Eduardo M. Peñalver
The Right Not To Use In Property And Patent Law, Oskar Liivak, Eduardo M. Peñalver
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
In Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co., the Supreme Court held (1) that patent owners have an absolute right not to practice their patent and (2) that even these nonpracticing patent owners are entitled to the liberal use of injunctive relief against infringers. Both of these holdings have been very important to the viability of patent assertion entities, the so-called patent trolls. In eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., the Supreme Court softened the injunction rule. In this Article, we argue that Congress or the Court should reconsider Continental Paper Bag’s embrace of an absolute right …