The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that the “substantially the same way” comparison in connection with a doctrine of equivalents (DOE) analysis involving a means-plus-function claim limitation should focus...more
1/30/2025
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Evidence ,
Expert Testimony ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found the patents at issue invalid based on the patent owner’s “quotation” letter to a third party, concluding it was a commercial offer for sale under pre-America Invents Act...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a Patent Trial & Appeal Board decision after concluding that the patent owner’s proposed construction would require the parties to construe the...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s non-obviousness determination, finding that the Board erred in determining that an operating manual did not qualify as printed...more