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> rather the service is about the delivery and cost mechanism, not the actual product received. Presumably they are purchasing the razor blades from Dorco and
by cfcef 11y ago
> rather the service is about the delivery and cost mechanism, not the actual product received.
Presumably they are purchasing the razor blades from Dorco and importing them.
http://www.uspto.gov/patents-maintaining-patent/patent-litigation/about-patent-infringement http://www.uspto.gov/patents-maintaining-patent/patent-litig...
> Patent infringement is the act of making, using, selling, or offering to sell a patented invention, or importing into the United States a product covered by a claim of a patent without the permission of the patent owner. Further, you may be considered to infringe a patent if you import items into the United States that are made by a patented method, unless the item is materially changed by subsequent processes or becomes a trivial and nonessential component of another product. A person “infringes” a patent by practicing each element of a patent claim with respect to one of these acts. Further, actively encouraging others to infringe patents, or supplying or importing components of a patented invention, and related acts can also give rise to liability in certain cases.
(If you think about it, of course importing is infringement. Otherwise, patents are worthless: anything patented would simply be made overseas, if they aren't already.)
- Someone1234 11y agoYou can buy directly from Dorco in the US.
- pc86 11y agoSerious question: Does this do anything to lessen the infringement claim against DSC?
- lbotos 11y agoPG sues DSC for using Dorco. Dorco is available directly in the states. Why doesn't PG sue Dorco? (I didn't read the article, but that's the point I think GP was trying to make.)
- pc86 11y agoI agree, and I think it's obvious that PG is only interested in using this as a means to damage DSC. I was asking if DSC could potentially use this as a defense in court, e.g. arguing that PG has a duty to go after Dorco first or at least simultaneously. Edit: To which PG would probably argue that DSC is the largest distributor of the infringing blades and represents the greatest infringement overall.