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Intellectual Property

Jan. 2, 2020

Federal Circuit ruling short circuits divided patent infringement

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upended divided patent infringement.

Howard Hoffenberg

Email: office@ipcounselor.com

Howard Hoffenberg is an attorney with over 20 years of experience practicing in the areas of intellectual property and business law. He has offices in Los Angeles and Palm Desert.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upended divided patent infringement with its decision in Syngenta Crop Prot., LLC v. Willowood, LLC, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 37411 (Dec. 18, 2019). Divided infringement is a doctrine that requires that all of the steps of a patent claim for a process be undertaken at the direction/control of a single entity for there to be infringement. In an issue of first impression, the$95

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