knowing
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 377 U.S. 476 - Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co. · 1964Most cited · 976 citing opinions
knowing,' and I am unwilling to say that in § 271(c) it means 'unknowing.' This statute to me means rather plainly that in order to violate it, one who sells an article must know that the article is to be used 'in an infringement of such patent' and that it is 'especially made or especially adapted' for that purpose.
How often courts cite the cases defining “knowing”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “knowing” — 980 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1964–2022
one who "has actual knowledge," "acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information," or "acts in grossly negligent disregard of the truth or falsity of the information").