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Expanding Defenses To Inducing Infringement

On Oct. 25, 2013, the Federal Circuit, by a vote of six-to-five, denied rehearing <i>en banc</i> in <i>Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc.,</i> (<i>Commil II</i>). That decision left intact the panel's holding, in a case of first impression, that an alleged indirect infringer's "good-faith belief of invalidity may negate the requisite intent for induced infringement."

10 minute read November 30, 2013 at 11:00 PM
By
Brian Mudge And Ksenia Takhistova
Expanding Defenses To Inducing Infringement

On Oct. 25, 2013, the Federal Circuit, by a vote of six-to-five, denied rehearing en banc in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc., No. 2012-1042 (Oct. 25, 2013) (Commil II).

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