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JVC Kenwood Corporation v. Nero, Inc., No. 14-1011 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 17, 2015)

Affirmed
Non-Infringement Summary Judgment Induced Infringement
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 14-1011
Decided
August 17, 2015
Judge
Newman, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
17 pages

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JVC Kenwood Corporat ion (“JVC”) sued Nero, Inc. and Arcsoft, Inc. for contributory and induced infring e- ment (“indirect infringement”) of certain JVC p atents directed to various uses of DVD and Blu -ray optical discs. The charge of indirect infringement is based on Nero’s sale of software to end users of DVD and Blu -ray discs, who allegedly directly in fringe the JVC patents.

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