eBay - Supreme Court unanimously sets aside ruling that injunctive relief must generally be issued

Reuters is reporting that the Supreme Court today issued a unanimous opinion in the eBay v. MercExchange case setting aside a decision of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that injunctive relief must generally be issued once a patent has been determined valid and infringed.

The decision appears to carry two huge suprises — a unanimous decision and an apparent major shift in patent law.

Did the software industry accomplish its mission? How does this change patent policy efforts in Congress?

A detailed analysis is forthcoming.

UPDATE: My detailed analysis is available here.