“How does indemnification protect against patent
infringement?“Bruce Sunstein: It’s normal to expect that when you buy
something, like a car, that if somebody is going to accuse your car
of infringing a patent and they sue you, that you would be able to
ask the person who sold that car to you–or who manufactured the
car–to defend you against the claim of infringement. The law, for
years, has implied a warranty of freedom from infringement. In
effect, there is an expected indemnification of infringement of any
kind…”