June 9, 2014
Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc., U.S. Supreme Court Opinion (June 2, 2014) (9-0)
Key points:
- Liability for inducing infringement under 35 U.S.C. §271(b) must be predicated on direct infringement under 35 U.S.C. §271(a) or any other statutory provision.
- A defendant who performs only some steps of a method patent and encourages others to perform the remaining steps is not liable for induced infringement absent a single actor liable for performing all steps.