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Supreme Court to Consider Overseas Reach of US Trademark Law
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
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The US Supreme Court will debate the worldwide reach of federal trademark law, agreeing to consider the extent to which a foreign-based company can be forced to pay damages for infringing sales that take place overseas.
The justices said they will review a $90 million jury award won by a Methode Electronics Inc. subsidiary in a lawsuit that accused an Austrian company and three of its units of selling copycat versions of proprietary remote controls used in heavy machinery.