Microsoft Corp. v. DataTern, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Whoever offers to sell or sells within the United States or imports into the United States a component of a patented ma chine, manufacture, combination or composition, or a material or apparatus for use in practicing a patented process, constituting a material part of the invention, knowing the same to be especially made or especially adapted for use in an infringement of such patent, and not a staple article or commodity of commerce suitable for substantial noninfringing use, shall be liable as a contributory infringer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 111 F. Supp. 3d 346 - Medgraph, Inc. v. Medtronic, Inc.

2. “We have recognized that, where a patent holder accuses customers of direct infringement based on the sale or use of a supplier's equipment, the supplier has standing to commence a declaratory judgment action if (a) the supplier is obligated to indemnify its customers from infringement liability ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jack Henry & Assocs., Inc. v. Plano Encryption Techs. LLC

3. “[p]roviding instructions to use a product in an infringing manner is evidence of the required mental state for inducing infringement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Enplas Display Device Corp. v. Seoul Semiconductor Co.