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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term. The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -

The Restoration of (Bad) Faith: The Proper Standard for a Factual Finding of Willful Infringement

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/9/2019

Enhanced Damages Under the Patent Act - The Patent Act provides that once infringement has been established, a district court may “increase the damages up to three times the amount found or assessed.” 35 U.S.C. § 284. The...more

U.S. + Germany Patent Newsletter

Hogan Lovells on 5/16/2018

Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of IPRs, Requires PTAB to Decide Validity of All Challenged Claims - Oil States Energy Services v. Greene’s Energy Group & SAS Institute v. Iancu (24 April 2018)....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2018 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/9/2018

Cisco is warning customers using its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software about a virtual private network (VPN) bug that could "allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system or to...more

IP Law December Developments: What to Expect in the Future

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 12/30/2016

December has been a hot month for IP law, with important developments in several cases that may significantly impact your intellectual property prosecution and enforcement strategies. Here is a brief summary of each of these...more

Intellectual Property Law - July 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/8/2016

Supreme Court: Status Quo in Cuozzo - Why it matters: On June 20, 2016, the Supreme Court decided Cuozzo Speed Technologies v. Lee, where it rejected challenges to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) inter partes...more

It Ends Not with a Bang but a Whimper - Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/10/2016

The patent case between Commil and Cisco, a case that made new law at the Supreme Court on the issue of the intent requirement in cases of induced infringement allegations, came to an end with a whimper on remand back to the...more

Intellectual Property Newsletter - July - August 2015

King & Spalding on 8/6/2015

Protecting Trade Secrets in the Era of the Data Breach - The prevalence of data breaches cannot be ignored. New data breaches continue to occur one after an-other. In the first half of 2015 alone there were reports of...more

Commil USA V. Cisco Systems: “I thought it was legal” is no defense to induced infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b)

Mintz on 8/3/2015

The United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Commil v. Cisco held that a good-faith belief of a patent’s invalidity, standing alone, is insufficient to provide a defense to a claim of inducing another’s infringement...more

Supreme Court Moves to Clarify Induced Infringement Standard

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 6/17/2015

In its most recent pronouncement on patent law, the U.S. Supreme Court once again corrected the Federal Circuit’s understanding of induced infringement under 35 U.S.C. §271(b). On May 26, 2015, in Commil USA, LLC v....more

U.S. Supreme Court: Good Faith Belief That a Patent Is Invalid Is No Defense to Induced Patent Infringement

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 6/15/2015

In a sharply divided opinion, the Supreme Court has determined that a party may be liable for inducing the infringement of a patent even if it has a good faith belief that the patent is invalid. The decision, Commil USA, LLC...more

Litigation Alert: A Good-Faith Belief of Patent Invalidity Is Not a Defense to Inducement of Infringement

Fenwick & West LLP on 6/11/2015

Six justices of the Supreme Court agree that an accused indirect infringer’s good faith belief in invalidity of a patent “will not negate the scienter required under §271(b).” Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc., No. 13-896,...more

Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. Further Clarifies the Requisite Intent for Induced Infringement after Global-Tech

Akerman LLP on 6/4/2015

On May 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc. that an alleged infringer's belief regarding patent validity cannot be used as evidence in a defense to an induced infringement claim. In so...more

Supreme Court on Induced Infringement: Good-Faith Belief of Invalidity Not a Defense and Knowledge of Infringement Required

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/3/2015

In a 6-2 decision this week, the United States Supreme Court in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., 575 U.S. ____ (2015) held that an accused infringer’s good-faith belief of patent invalidity is not a defense to a claim...more

Supreme Court Rejects Good-Faith Belief of Invalidity Defense to Claims of Inducement of Patent Infringement

Foley Hoag LLP on 6/1/2015

The Decision in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. - On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a party’s good-faith belief in the invalidity of a patent is not a defense to a claim that the party has...more

IP Newsflash - May 2015 #5

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/1/2015

SUPREME COURT CASES - Invalidity is not a Defense to Infringement but a Defense to Liability - This week, on May 26, 2015, the Supreme Court held in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. that a defendant’s...more

Belief That a Patent Is Invalid Is Not a Defense to Inducement Liability

Mintz on 5/31/2015

The Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated decision in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. on Tuesday holding that a patent infringement defendant’s good faith belief that the patent in suit is invalid is not a defense...more

Good Faith Belief in Invalidity No Defense to Active Inducement

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/29/2015

The U.S. Supreme Court (Justice Kennedy writing for the majority) has now eliminated a defense that has been available to parties accused of actively inducing patent infringement under 35 USC § 271(b). The Court held that a...more

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

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 5/29/2015

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

Locke Lord QuickStudy: Belief As To A Patent’s Validity Is Not A Defense To Induced Infringement

Locke Lord LLP on 5/29/2015

Following last year’s decision in Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc. et al., 572 U.S. ____ (2014) (holding that a finding of induced infringement requires that all infringing acts be performed by a single...more

Alert: Supreme Court Rejects Good-Faith Belief in Invalidity as a Defense to Induced Patent Infringement

Cooley LLP on 5/29/2015

In Commil USA LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (No. 13-896), the Supreme Court held that an accused inducer's belief that an asserted patent is invalid is not a defense to induced patent infringement. The decision reverses a...more

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

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/29/2015

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

Supreme Court Holds That Belief of a Patent’s Invalidity Is Not a Defense to Inducement of Infringement

Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/29/2015

On May 26, 2015, in Commil v. Cisco, the Supreme Court held by a 6-2 vote that an accused infringer's belief that a patent is invalid does not serve as a defense to charges of inducing infringement of the patent under §...more

Supreme Court’s Decision in Commil v. Cisco: Big Win for Pharmaceutical Industry

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 5/28/2015

On May 26, 2015, the Supreme Court reversed the Federal Circuit’s decision in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. and held that a defendant’s belief regarding patent validity is not a defense to an induced infringement...more

Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 5/28/2015

While the Supreme Court’s section 101 decisions may garner the biggest headlines, the high court has also invested significant efforts in the area of induced infringement. Commil v. Cisco, decided on May 26, 2015, marks the...more

The Supreme Court's Growing Intellectual Property Docket

King & Spalding on 2/24/2015

In the closing decades of the twentieth century, the United States Supreme Court appeared to follow an informal policy of benign neglect toward the law of intellectual property. The Court entertained a case every few years...more

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