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Good Faith Belief In Patent Invalidity Is No Defense To Claim Of Inducing Infringement

Nossaman LLP on 5/27/2015

Commil, USA, LLC sued Cisco Systems, Inc. for patent infringement and inducing patent infringement with regard to Commil’s patented method of implementing short-range wireless networks. Today, in Commil, USA, LLC v. Cisco...more

Supreme Court Decision Eliminates Defense to Claim of Inducing Infringement

Stinson LLP on 5/27/2015

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, May 26 that a good-faith belief that a patent is invalid is not a defense to a claim of inducing infringement. Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc., No. 13-1986 (May 26, 2015). The Supreme...more

Software and Trade Secrets: Rethinking IP Strategies after CLS v. Alice

Robins Kaplan LLP on 6/30/2014

Historically, the patent system has provided broad protections to software innovations. In the past, software patent holders could prevent competitor infringement without much need for a comprehensive disclosure of the...more

Q&A With Knobbe's Ron Schoenbaum

Knobbe Martens on 5/31/2013

Ronald J. Schoenbaum is a partner in Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP's Orange County and Silicon Valley, Calif., offices. He focuses on patent prosecution, strategic patent portfolio management, and infringement/validity...more

Bowman v. Monsanto: Self-Replicating Biotech and Software Left at the Alter?

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/15/2013

Today, in a case having the potential to upset the agricultural biotech industry, Justice Elena Kagan delivered the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision rejecting farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman’s patent exhaustion defense....more

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