Re:Daring Fireball: GIF, H.264, and Patents
by pbhjpbhj on Monday March 22, 2010 @10:51PM
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It's called contributory infringement.
If I supply you with tailored parts necessary to perform/make a patented invention then that's contributory infringement.
In the US Findlaw says:
"Contributory infringement occurs when a party supplies a direct infringer with a part that has no substantial non-infringing use. Literal infringement exists if there is a direct correspondence between the words in the patent claims and the infringing device."
If I supply you with tailored parts necessary to perform/make a patented invention then that's contributory infringement.
In the US Findlaw says:
"Contributory infringement occurs when a party supplies a direct infringer with a part that has no substantial non-infringing use. Literal infringement exists if there is a direct correspondence between the words in the patent claims and the infringing device."
http://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/patent/enforce-patent/paten...