After Akamai and McKesson, a New Standard for Litigating Inducement Claims

Intellectual Property partner Mark Baghdassarian and associate Matthew F. Abbott’s article "After Akamai and McKesson, a New Standard for Litigating Inducement Claims" appeared in the January 23, 2013 issue of Corporate Counsel. The article examines the Federal Circuit’s en banc decision in Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks and McKesson Technologies, Inc. v. Epic Systems Corp., replacing the single-entity rule for providing direct infringement underlying an inducement claim. The authors discuss the impact of the decision on both accused patent infringers and patentees, including the incentives it gives patentees to sue multiple parties.