Supreme Court Rejects Federal Circuit's Liberal Induced Infringement Standard and Holds Inducement Requires Direct Infringement | Practical Law
In Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc., the US Supreme Court held that liability for inducing patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) only exists if there is direct infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), overruling a US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision that held inducement does not require direct infringement.