Article Title

When Offshore Activities Become Infringing: Applying § 271 To Technologies That “Straddle” Territorial Borders

Authors

Eric W. Guttag

Abstract

Patents have traditionally been territorial creatures. The territorial nature of U.S. patents is reflected by the main infringement statute, § 271 of Title 35. For example, § 271(a) says that “whoever without authority makes, uses, offers to sell, or sells any patented invention, within the United States or imports into the United States any patented invention during the term of the patent therefore, infringes the patent.”

Recommended Citation

Eric W. Guttag, When Offshore Activities Become Infringing: Applying § 271 To Technologies That “Straddle” Territorial Borders, 14 Rich. J.L. & Tech 1 (2007).
Available at: https://scholarship.richmond.edu/jolt/vol14/iss1/2