ARE Patent Litigation Alert: SCOTUS Rejects Good Faith Belief Of Invalidity Of A Patent As A Defense To Induced Infringement

(May 28, 2015) On May 26, 2015, in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., No. 13-896, 574 U.S. ___ (May 26, 2015), the Supreme Court addressed the question of whether a good faith belief in an invalidity defense will defeat the “intent” element of a claim for induced infringement.  Cisco argued that it was not liable […]