Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc. · ¶15

A trio of our patent cases illuminates the required elements of an induced-infringement claim. First, there must be direct infringement by a third party. Limelight Net works, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc., 572 U. S. 915, 920–921 (2014). Second, the inducer must know that “the induced acts constitute patent infringement.” Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S. A., 563 U. S. 754, 766 (2011). Third, and most relevant here, the inducer must take “active steps . . . to encourage direct infringement.” Grokster, 545 U. S., at 936 (internal quotation marks omitted).

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