Originating from patent law, the inducement rule test was articulated in Justice Souter's majority opinion in MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., a significant 2005 copyright and peer-to-peer file-sharing Supreme Court case.
The concept of the inducement rule test originated from patent law and was first articulated by Justice Souter in his decisive opinion in MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., a landmark 2005 Supreme Court decision involving copyright infringement and peer-to-peer file sharing.