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The Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court in China issued a preliminary injunction against Apple in connection with two patents asserted by Qualcomm. This decision, part of a global patent dispute between the parties, comes on...more
Federal Circuit Summary - Before O’Malley, Mayer, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Claims may be rejected under 35 § U.S.C. 103 based on implicit disclosures of a prior art reference....more
Most software inventions are functional in nature. The focus is not on what the invention is so much as what it does. The same physical hardware can be programmed by way of software to carry out an infinite number of...more
If you purchased anything from a website using a one-click purchase button, you indirectly paid Amazon for that ability, at least up until September 11, 2017 when Amazon’s patent to this technology expired. As a result,...more
Acting as Lexicographers Saves Patent from Being Found Invalid - In a recent Federal Circuit decision, the Court highlighted an old rule in that the inventors may act as their own lexicographers to create a claim term and...more
On August 10, 2016, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals tightened the usage of common sense and in doing so clarified the criteria for applying it in an obviousness determination. Arendi S.A.R.L., Appellant v. Apple Inc.,...more