The failure to obtain an opinion of counsel is considered in deciding willful blindness for active inducement of patent infringement.
In the September 14, 2015 decision, Suprema, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, Fed. Cir. No. 12-1170, 9/14/2015, the Federal Circuit affirmed the ITC’s findings of infringement and violations of 19 U.S.C. §1337. Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. Among them is importing “articles that . . . infringe a valid and enforceable United …