Federal Circuit· 6/16/2010

Wordtech Systems, Inc. v. Integrated Networks Solutions, Inc.

Citations

609 F.3d 1308
95 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1619
2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 12260
2010 WL 2384958

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explaining that a “defendant’s liability for indirect infringement must relate to ... identified instances of direct infringement”
stating that “the ‘corporate veil’ shields a company’s officers from personal liability for direct infringement that the officers commit in the district court subsequently granted a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“JNOV”
prohibiting jury verdicts to stand if they are “clearly not supported by the evidence” or “based only on speculation or guesswork” (citation omitted)
rejecting the use of prior licenses where “[njeither license describe[d] how the parties calculated each lump sum, the licensees’ intended products, or how many products each licensee expected to produce”
reiterating the holding of Manville that corporate officers can be held 16 personally liable “regardless of whether the circumstances are such that a court should disregard 17 the corporate entity and pierce the corporate veil”
the corporate veil shields a company’s officers from personal liability for direct infringement that the officers commit in the name of the corporation

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Judges: Mayer, Gajarsa, Linn

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