In the lawsuit filed by book authors Nazemian against NVIDIA, Judge Tigar is allowing all of the claims against NVIDIA to proceed except for the vicarious infringement claim.
It’s not surprising, but the analysis of the contributory infringement claim deserves attention below.
Excerpt:
Court’s Analysis of post-Cox Contributory Infringement Claim
Interesting is Judge Tigar’s analysis of contributory infringement after the Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, which clarified that the claim rests on the defendant’s intent (to induce or to produce a technology good for nothing but infringement).
Judge Tigar found sufficient allegations of inducement and specially adapted technology for infringement:
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