High Court Cooks Up Willful Blindness Standard for Induced Patent Infringement - On the Docket - Inside the courtroom - Forbes

At issue: The U.S. Supreme Court’s May 31 ruling in Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB The Supreme Court is routinely called upon to interpret and apply federal statutes which Congress drafted in an ambiguous manner.  Section 271(b) of the federal Patent Act is one of those statutes.  It states: “Whoever actively induces infringement of [...]