This article focuses primarily on recent changes to irreparable harm standards, how those changes have altered the patent litigation landscape. This chapter explores the theory behind injunctive relief in patent cases, surveys the availability of this remedy in major patent systems,This article provides a basic framework for dealing with enforcement of patent rights in light of recent developments in patent litigation. In many patent suits, patent holders seek injunctive relief to prevent an accused infringer from continuingto practice the patented invention. Voluntary Commitments Regarding Injunctive Relief. This lecture covers injunctive relief in patent law, including preliminary injunctions. In the 2006 decision in eBay v. In the vast majority of patent cases, federal courts have granted injunctive relief upon a finding of infringement. Injunctive relief is in the Court's discretion and discretion speaks against automatism. An injunction to stop a defendant from infringing a patent is the most common form of relief sought and granted in patent infringement proceedings.