Legal Opinion
Jvc Kenwood Corporation v. Nero, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 17, 2015No. 2014-1011PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
JVC Kenwood Corporation (“JVC”) sued Nero, Inc. and Arcsoft, Inc. for contributory and induced infringement (“indirect infringement”) of certain JVC patents directed to various uses of DVD and Blu-ray optical discs. The charge of indirect infringement is based on Nero’s sale of software to end users of DVD and Blu-ray discs, who allegedly directly infringe the JVC patents. The district court summarized JVC’s infringement theory as follows:
JVC’s theory of infringement rests on the compliance of Nero’s software with the same DVD and Blu-ray standards deemed essential to…
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