Intellectual Property
Jun. 4, 2014
Rules favoring patent owners take a hit at US high court
Monday was a good day for companies facing allegations of patent infringement. By Ben M. Davidson
Monday was a good day for companies facing allegations of patent infringement. The U.S. Supreme Court issued two major decisions that reverse rulings by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that favored patent owners. In Limelight Networks Inc. v. Akamai Technologies Inc., 12-786, the court held that a company cannot be held indirectly liable for inducing customers to infringe a method patent that nobody has directly infring...
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