The DOJ and USPTO Files Joint Statements: Patents Still Mean the Right to Exclude.
On February 27, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (Antitrust Division) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office jointly submitted a Statement of Interest (“Statement”) in Collision Communications, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., et al. in the Eastern District of Texas. In plain terms, the DOJ and the USPTO suggested that courts to treat injunctive […]