Judge Sue Robinson has partially granted and partially denied a patent infringement defendant’s motion to dismiss claims of indirect and willful infringement. Consistent with her previous holding in Walker Digital, Judge Robinson found that plaintiff’s claims of both induced and contributory infringement based on notice of the patents-in-suit as of the filing date were facially plausible. Accordingly, she denied the motion to dismiss with respect to these claims of indirect infringement. With respect to willful infringement, however, Judge Robinson explained that the lack of pre-suit knowledge of the patents-in-suit was fatal to claims of willful infringement. Therefore, consistent with her past decisions, Judge Robinson granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss with respect to claims of willful infringement. See Netgear Inc. v. Ruckus Wireless Inc., C.A. No. 10-999-SLR, Memo Order at 1-3 (D. Del. Mar. 14, 2013).
Netgear Inc. v. Ruckus Wireless Inc., C.A. No. 10-999-SLR, Memo Order (D. Del. Mar. 14, 2013).
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