InterDigital Shares Sink on Judge Ruling in Patent Case Against Nokia, Huawei, ZTE
(online.wsj.com, June 28, 2013)
Patent Troll也不好作，Interdigital打輸一個專利訴訟，股價馬上下滑17%。看來關於在美國打ITC訴訟，中興與華為也不是省油的燈了。
Hon Hai eyes patents, e-commerce in diversification drive
(reuters.com, June 26, 2013)
這個新聞提到，鴻海將來會將 "intellectual property rights" 當成重點項目。作為握有最多專利的台灣電子廠商，鴻海會作什麼動作呢？真是令人期待。
Cisco Granted New Trial in $63.8 Million Patent Verdict
(www.bloomberg.com, June 26, 2013)
這個案子 (判決文在這) 有幾個點可以注意。比如，Cisco的律師把這個案子定調成是 "猶太人 v. 基督徒"，結果搞到需要new trial：
... it was clear that counsel was attempting to align his “religious preference with that of the jurors and employs an ‘us v. them’ mentality–i.e., ‘we are Christian and they are Jewish.’”....
(見判決文第13頁)
也許Cisco的律師，覺得在東德州地院這招有用吧。不過在對訴訟定調的時候，有時太過火也不太好。Theme的選擇還是別把種族或宗教問題扯進來吧。
對專利人員而言，這個判決的重點，在於往後 "侵權人相信專利無效" 這點，往後有可能可以阻卻誘導侵權，因為它可以被當成判斷誘導者主觀要件是否成立的考量因素之一：
We now hold that evidence of an accused inducer’s good-faith belief of invalidity may negate the requisite intent for induced infringement. This is, of course, not to say that such evidence precludes a finding of induced infringement. Rather, it is evidence that should be considered by the fact-finder in determining whether an accused party knew “that the induced acts constitute patent infringement.”
(見判決文第11頁)
詳情還是請參考判決文吧。
US Panel Deals A Big Blow To 'Patent Trolls'
(www.businessinsider.com, June 24, 2013)
ITC將啟動Pilot Program，在侵權調查開始後，100天內先決定聲請調查者是否符合關稅法337條中的 "domestic industry" 這個要件。這個要件的審查是近來的熱門話題之一，如果有興趣，請點一下右邊的 "domestic industry" 這個tag吧 (或者看看這篇。)
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