US Agencies Stress Further Patent Offenses in Samsung Order Bid

The US government emphasized incentives for innovation as it weighed in on a patent holder’s pending bid for a court order blocking Samsung Electronics Co. from infringement after the electronics giant lost a $445.5 million dispute over smartphone technology.

The Justice Department’s antitrust division and the US Patent and Trademark Office didn’t take a position on whether the court should issue the injunction against Samsung that Collision Communications Inc. is seeking. But the agencies said court orders can help prevent further patent infringement even if the patent owner is a non-practicing entity, like Collision, that doesn’t make the products at ...