Perspective
Mar. 12, 2013
Divided infringement claims revived
A 2012 Federal Circuit decision restores a type of patent infringement claim that it had extinguished five years earlier. By Stan Panikowski
A 2012 Federal Circuit decision restores a type of patent infringement claim that it had extinguished five years earlier. The issue is: can a defendant be liable for infringement of a method claim when no single actor commits all the acts that constitute direct infringement? In its 2007 BMC Resources, Inc. v. Paymentech, LP, 498 F.3d 1373, decision, the Federal Circuit's answer to this question was a qualified "no." The Fed...
To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In