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Wilful infringement
Wilful infringement is when someone knows that an idea is patented, and proceeds to use that idea without having gotten permission.
This concept may have other names, or may not exist, in various jurisdictions, but it exists in the European Union, and "the willful infringement doctrine" exists in the USA. It may also be called a "bad faith infringement".
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Cases of wilful infringement
- I4i v. Microsoft (2009, USA)
- Stac v. Microsoft (1993, USA)
- Calculating infringement damages in the USA
- What to do if worried by a software patent
External links
- Using Reexaminations to Avoid Willfulness Damages, Patently-o
- Patent Defence and Free Software, 2010, Andrew Tridgell advises against exagerating the issue of wilful infringement