context: . A finding of willful infringement, by itself, is not sufficient to be res judicata on the issue of fraudulent intent.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 350 F.3d 1327, 1343
citation_a.parenthetical: ruling that willful infringement "does not equate to fraud" and is therefore not subject to the more stringent 9(b
citation_a.sentence: See In re SeaChange, 2004 WL 240317, at *8 ("Willfulness in the context of patent infringement is not equivalent to actual knowledge.”); see also Ferguson Beauregard/Logic Controls v. Mega Sys., Inc., 350 F.3d 1327, 1343 (Fed.Cir.2003) (ruling that willful infringement "does not equate to fraud” and is therefore not subject to the more stringent 9(b) pleading requirements).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 2004 WL 240317, at *8
citation_b.parenthetical: "Willfulness in the context of patent infringement is not equivalent to actual knowledge."
citation_b.sentence: See In re SeaChange, 2004 WL 240317, at *8 ("Willfulness in the context of patent infringement is not equivalent to actual knowledge.”); see also Ferguson Beauregard/Logic Controls v. Mega Sys., Inc., 350 F.3d 1327, 1343 (Fed.Cir.2003) (ruling that willful infringement "does not equate to fraud” and is therefore not subject to the more stringent 9(b) pleading requirements).