Davis v. Brouse McDowell, L.P.A., 596 F.3d 1355 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (MOORE, Newman & Bryson) Davis03022010
MAJOR ISSUES: patent attorney malpractice; failure to file Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application; federal court jurisdiction; state law requiring proof of “case within a case”; plaintiff’s burden to show invention was patentable Read CPLRG™ 0029
Comaper Corp. v. Antec, Inc., 596 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (DYK, Rader & Gajarsa) Comaper03012010
MAJOR ISSUES: obviousness; inconsistent jury verdicts; independent claim valid but dependent claim invalid; analogous art; expert testimony showing obviousness Read CPLRG™ 0028
Media Technologies Licensing, LLC v. Upper Deck Co., 596 F.3d 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (MAYER & Lourie; RADER, dissenting)
MAJOR ISSUES: obviousness; non-technical inventions; secondary considerations; objective evidence; commercial success; lack of nexus; long-felt need Read CPLRG™ 0027
Trading Techs. Int’l, Inc. v. eSpeed, Inc., 595 F.3d 1340 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (RADER & Clark, district judge; LOURIE, concurring “in the result”; CLARK, concurring)
MAJOR ISSUES: (1) claim construction; claim phrase limited by discussion in specification; doctrine of equivalents; prosecution history estoppel; (2) definiteness; “short period of time”; (3) priority for provisional application; disclosure of species showing possession of readily understandable genus; (4) inventor’s contracting for software services; no Section 102(b) “on sale” bar Read CPLRG™ 0026
In re Chapman, 595 F.3d 1330 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (DYK, Gajarsa & Clevenger)
MAJOR ISSUES: obviousness; PTO rejection based on erroneous interpretation of prior art reference; reference: no teaching or teaching away Read CPLRG™ 0025
