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Centillion v. Qwest Communications: Federal Circuit Held That “Use” of a System Means Use as a Whole and the User Must Derive Benefit From It

(January 31, 2011) In Centillion Data Systems, LLC v. Qwest Communications Int’l, Inc., 2010-1110 (Fed. Cir. January 20, 2011), the Federal Circuit addressed the issue of what constitutes “use” of a system under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), in what the panel recognized to be a case of first impression for the court. Centillion interpreted the […]