Experts said that groups facing an infringement suit often settled even if they believed a patent was invalid.
Failure to follow the proper procedures would place the copier at risk of an infringement suit.
The magazine's contract with the freelancer who later joined the infringement suit did not mention digital rights.
This is the third subjective factor that has been identified as increasing the length and cost of infringement suits.
The two companies were already involved in an infringement suit over battery and energy storage technology.
Fair use is an affirmative defense against an infringement suit; it does not restrain anyone from suing.
Then you would hit him with an infringement suit.
That gave the states, their universities and agencies immunity to infringement suits.
The broader the patent claim, the more likely an infringement suit will succeed.
A federal district judge in Detroit agreed, and dismissed the infringement suit.