Calibrating the Disgorgement Remedy for Design Patent Law

Pamela Samuelson & Mark P. Gergen, The Disgorgement Remedy of Design Patent Law, 108 Calif. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming, 2020), available at SSRN.

Caprice Roberts

The law of design patents continues to evolve in dramatic ways. The law of remedies must also adapt to serve the underlying goals of design patent law and restitution. In creating and interpreting the disgorgement remedy, Congress and the Supreme Court have caused a crisis with unintended consequences. They have provided insufficient guidance on how to […]