U.S. Supreme Court
May 28, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Cisco's patent infringement defense
Cisco Systems Inc. can be held liable for inducing other entities to infringe a patent held by Commil USA LLC, even though the networking giant held a "good-faith" belief that the patent was invalid, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Cisco Systems Inc. can be held liable for inducing other entities to infringe a patent
held by Commil USA LLC, even though the San Jose networking giant held a "good-faith"
belief that the patent was invalid, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
By a 6-2 vote, the high court found in favor of Commil and continued a trend...
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