Underwater Devices Incorporated v. Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc. v. Lester A. Haug, Don W. Schmid and Herman Gunther

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• noting that infringer’s “affirmative duty includes, inter alia, the duty to seek and obtain competent legal advice from counsel before the initiation of any possible infringing activity”
• relying on advice obtained only after commencement of allegedly infringing activities called good faith reliance on advice into question
• counsel’s ordering patent file wrapper 9 months after infringement began factor to consider in sufficiency of legal advice
• actual notice resulted from patentee’s enforcement of patent rights, not diligence of defendant
• Memorandum containing “only bold, conclusory, and unsupported remarks regarding validity” is inadequate
• Once a potential infringer receives notice of a patentee's rights, that potential infringer has a duty of due care, including \the duty to seek and obtain competent legal advice from counsel before the initiation of any possible infringing activity.\ (citations omitted)

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