Supreme Court Issues Indefiniteness and Inducement DecisionsJune 2, 2014

The Supreme Court this week issued its decisions in two much anticipated IP cases. The Court's decision in Limelight Networks v. Akamai Tech. concludes that at least one underlying act of direct patent infringement must be present for a claim of inducement of infringement. In Nautilus v. BioSig the Court instituted a new standard for indefiniteness, supplanting the existing "insolubly ambiguous" standard.

The full opinions can be foundhere andhere. More thorough analyses of these cases will follow shortly.

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