Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit drastically changed the law regarding contributory infringement — or did it? Attorneys for companies that sell multifunction, multifeature or multicomponent products or services should take note of the decision, particularly since the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari on June 29.
In Ricoh Co. Ltd v. Quanta Computer Inc. (2008), the Federal Circuit considered the issue of alleged contributory infringement of two patents related to methods of recording (or writing) on optical disks. The Federal Circuit said that the Ricoh case, which it was considering on summary judgment, “present[ed] an important, and previously unresolved, question concerning the scope of liability for contributory infringement [and] the construction of §271(c).”
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