The award could have been three-times greater if the jury, split on the matter, had concluded that Microsoft had knowingly infringed the patents, which the tech giant insists it had duly licensed from Fraunhofer, a German firm.
If you don't know what they cover and where they are, you won't be knowingly infringing on them," Mr. Torvalds wrote in the e-mail message last August.
Groupon claims MobGob knowingly infringes one of its patents, no.
Essentially, Wreal alleges Amazon knowingly infringed on the FyreTV brand.
Knowingly infringing an active patent can lead to disastrous consequences for your business.
Jobs & Co. state in the claim, Defendant Psystar Corporation is knowingly infringing Apple's copyrights and trademarks, and inducing others to do the same.
Court documents alleged that Warner Bros and 5th Cell "knowingly and intentionally infringed" both claimant's ownership rights.
Koch tells the SPLC, however, that he "wouldn't knowingly promote anything that would infringe First Amendment rights".
As a result, the site's operators would have no access to the files, which they say would strip them from any possible liability for knowingly enabling users to distribute copyright-infringing content, which Washington says is illegal.
The "inducement to infringe" provision involves the situation where a company knowingly took steps that are substantially certain to result in direct infringement.
He accused band-members of infringing his song's copyright, suggesting that they used his composition knowingly, and he has now referred the case to his lawyers, vowing to "take it to God, let alone the courts".
