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Just Because You Think It’s Invalid Doesn’t Mean You Don’t Infringe!

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A U.S. patent is “presumed” valid. That means a patent owner does not need to prove the patent is valid in a suit for infringement. And, as the U.S. Supreme Court just explained in Commil United States, LLC v. Cisco Systems,...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Good-Faith Invalidity Defense to Induced Patent Infringement

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On May 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Commil USA LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., 575 U. S. ____ ( 2015), rejecting the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals’ recognition of a defense to induced patent...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Supreme Court Holds Good Faith Belief of Invalidity Not a Defense to Induced Infringement Claim

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The U.S. Supreme Court held yesterday in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc. (No. 13-896) that a defendant’s belief regarding patent invalidity is not a defense to a claim of induced infringement. Justice Kennedy authored the...more

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Supreme Court Limits Defenses to Induced Infringement

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In an important decision in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., the U. S. Supreme Court held yesterday that a good-faith belief in the invalidity of a patent cannot negate the intent required for induced infringement. The...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

U.S. Supreme Court: Belief in Patent's Invalidity Not a Defense to Induced Infringement

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In a 6-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant’s good-faith belief in the invalidity of a patent is not a defense to a claim for inducing infringement of the patent.  Under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b), “[w]hoever...more

Burr & Forman

Supreme Court Strikes Down New Defense to Inducing Patent Infringement

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On May 26, 2015, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (No. 13-896), rejecting the accused patent infringer’s argument that a good faith belief that the patent is invalid is a defense...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Supreme Court Removes Good Faith Belief of Patent Invalidity as Defense to Induced Patent Infringement

On May 26th, in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court held that an accused infringer cannot hide behind a reasonable belief that a patent is invalid in order to avoid being found as an infringer by...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (2015)

The Supreme Court handed down its decision in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. today and in doing so reprised several themes that have emerged over the past decade of the Court's activist approach to patent law. The...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

U.S. Supreme Court Further Clarifies Indirect Infringement Standards

The Supreme Court in the last several years has taken an activist approach to the area of patent law, granting certiorari in many more cases than in prior years and often reversing the Federal Circuit. If there was one theme...more

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