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Writing for a unanimous Court, Justice Thomas explained that "the decision whether to grant or deny injunctive relief rests within the equitable discretion of the district courts, and that such discretion must be exercised consistent with traditional principles of equity, in patent disputes no less than in other cases governed by such standards

Under the Cascade Holdings framework, a plaintiff seeking a permanent injunction must demonstrate: 1

2015), the Federal Circuit clarified that a patentee seeking injunctive relief must establish a causal nexus between the alleged harm and the infringement — that is, the patentee must show that the infringing features, rather than other product attributes, drive consumer demand for the accused products

The public-interest analysis in cases involving SEPs is materially different from the analysis in non-SEP cases, because SEPs by definition are technologies that all market participants must use to comply with an industry standard, and the patentee has made a voluntary commitment to license on FRAND terms