Collision appeal raises stakes for future of patent injunctions
By Nick Robertson ( September 24, 2026, 17:08 GMT | Insight) -- Opponents of restoring a presumption in favor of patent injunctions warned Wednesday that Collision Communications’ appeal against Samsung could reopen debate over the standard set by the US Supreme Court in eBay v. MercExchange. They expect Collision to lose at the Federal Circuit, but see a possible Supreme Court appeal as the greater concern.Collision Communications' pending appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of a denied request for a permanent injunction following a finding of patent infringement could give the Supreme Court an opportunity to revisit decades-old law, stakeholders that oppose such changes warned at a panel Wednesday*....
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