Justices Skip Patent Case Over Fairchild’s Foreign Sales

Blair Jacobs, M. Miller Baker and Rebecca Watson formed the McDermott team that successfully represented Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. before the US Supreme Court. The Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Power Integrations Inc. of a decision that vacated the bulk of its $12.9 million patent win against Fairchild and held that Fairchild could not be held liable for sales that took place outside the U.S.