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摘要

Reversing the Federal Circuit, the United States Supreme Court has held, Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC, 134 S. Ct. 843, 109 U.S.P.Q.2d 1341 (2014), that the ordinary rule that a patentee bears the burden of proving infringement, which applies when the patentee is the plaintiff in an infringement action, also applies when the patentee is the defendant in licensee's declaratory judgment action that seeks to establish noninfringement. Justice Breyer delivered the opinion for the unanimous Court.