Growth of Firms under Injunction Risk
By Fred Bereskin, Po-Hsuan Hsu, and Huijun Wang
The use of an injunction during a patent dispute is one of the most valuable remedies available to plaintiffs, as alleged infringers are prohibited to make, use, or sell the item that infringes the covered patent. Injunctions were frequently awarded from the 1990s until 2006, alongside increased patent litigation.