Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.
| Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. | |
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| Argued March 31, 2015 Decided May 26, 2015 | |
| Full case name | Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. |
| Docket no. | 13-896 |
| Citations | 575 U.S. 632 (more) 135 S.Ct. 1920 (2015) |
| Argument | Oral argument |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Kennedy, joined by Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan |
| Dissent | Scalia, joined by Roberts |
| Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| 35 U.S.C. § 271 | |
Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., 135 S.Ct. 1920 (2015), was a 2015 decision by the United States Supreme Court pertaining to the standard for induced patent infringement. Writing for a 6-2 majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy held that (1) a claim of induced infringement requires a showing that the defendant knew that it is engaging in infringing conduct and (2) a defendant's belief that a patent is invalid is not a defense to a claim of induced infringement. Justice Antonin Scalia dissented from the second point, arguing that, in his view, a good faith belief in a patent's invalidity should constitute a defense to a charge of induced infringement.