Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Supreme Court: Splitting patent’s steps is not infringement

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case between two tech companies that a person or company must carry out all of the steps described in a patent to infringe that patent.

A patent is not infringed if a person or company only completes most of the steps described in a method patent and directs a third party to carry out the remaining steps, the court said in a unanimous opinion delivered by Justice Samuel Alito in the case between Limelight Networks and Akamai Technologies.

read full article at The Hill http://thehill.com/policy/technology/207898-supreme-court-splitting-patents-steps-is-not-infringement


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