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		tantalor on Jan 29, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Court: Google infringed patents, must pay 1.36 per... Article makes no mention of the validity of the patent. Does the court not take that into question?

analog31 on Jan 29, 2014 | [–]

I'm not a lawyer, but as I understand it, the validity of a patent, and the infringement case, are handled by separate courts, each on its own schedule. You can get an infringement judgement against you for a patent that is ultimately invalidated, and the judgement still stands.

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