United States Federal Circuit

Summary judgment that plaintiff did not infringe claim 1 of defendant's '989 patent related to methods for locating available real estate properties using a zoom-enabled map on a computer, is vacated and remanded for a determination whether plaintiff is liable for indirect infringement, where the district court: 1) did not err by finding no genuine issue of material fact that plaintiff is not liable for direct infringement of claim 1 of the ’989 patent; but, 2) legally erred by not analyzing inducement under 35 U.S.C. 271(b); and 3) failed to conduct an indirect infringement analysis and did not determine whether a genuine issue of material fact existed as to the performance of all the claim steps, whether by one entity or several.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/04/2013
• Published 03/04/2013

Judges

• LOURIE

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

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