Defamation Claims Over Infringement Warnings Preempted By Patent Law

( May 20, 2024, 11:04 AM EDT) -- MIAMI — A patent owner should be awarded summary judgment on counterclaims of defamation and tortious interference leveled by an infringement defendant that alleged, among other things, that the defamatory statements caused it to lose out on profits it could have made in Russia’s war on Ukraine, a federal magistrate judge in Florida ruled May 17....