U.S. Supreme Court
Apr. 21, 2015
But I believe the patent is invalid!
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether the Federal Circuit was right in its holding on whether a good-faith belief that a patent is invalid is a valid defense to induced infringement. By Kevin G. McBride and Alex H. Chan
Even if you do not make, use or sell a patented device or practice a patented method, you can still be held liable as an infringer of a patent if you induce another to engage in infringing conduct. To show induced infringement under 35 U.S.C. Section 271(b), a patent owner must prove that the accused infringer had knowledge of the patent, and knowledge that the induced acts constitute patent infringement.
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