John Paul
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Brian Kacedon
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Inducement, a form of indirect patent infringement, provides for liability where one party causes infringement by another. Under recent law, inducement may apply to situations where one party performs certain steps of a patented method and causes another party to perform the other steps. Stated otherwise, induced infringement allows for liability when no single party performs all steps of a patented method.