Perspective
Mar. 27, 2015
High court to hear induced infringement argument
The U.S. Supreme Court will again wade into the patent waters, this time to decide whether a good faith belief that a patent is invalid is a defense to inducement liability. By Thomas J. Gray and Christopher C. Carnaval
After taking a significant interest in patent law last term, the U.S. Supreme Court will again wade into the patent waters, this time to decide whether a good faith belief that a patent is invalid is a defense to inducement liability under 35 U.S.C. Section 271(b).
The court will hear oral argument in the case, Commil USA LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc., next week.
Section 271(b) states that &q...
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