‘Induced infringement’ broadened by court decision 

Posted: 3:29 pm Tue, October 30, 2012
By Dolan Media Newswires

A defendant can be found liable for induced infringement of a method patent if it has performed some of the steps of a claimed method and induced other parties to commit the remaining steps, or if it has induced other parties to collectively perform all the steps of the claimed method, the Federal Circuit has found.