Rembrandt Social Media, LP v. Facebook, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
*878 MEMORANDUM OPINION
T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.
In this patent infringement suit, defendants seek threshold dismissal, arguing (i) that there is no indirect or willful infringement, as defendants lacked the requisite pre-suit knowledge of the patents in issue, and (ii) that because of the nature of the '362 patent’s claimed system, only the end computer user — here the consumer — can directly infringe this system claim. Plaintiff opposes this motion, arguing (i) that defendants had the requisite pre-suit knowledge of the patents in issue and, even if they did not, post-suit knowledge…
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