Arlington Industries, Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc., No. 2010-1025 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 20, 2011) (Judges Rader, Lourie, and Moore). When the Federal Circuit is faced with the same electrical connector patent, the same patent claim term, two patent litigations, and two different constructions, what does it do? It fixes the construction that improperly imports a […]
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According to the Fed Circuit, Mac and PC File Formats – Not So Different Anymore
St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. v. Canon Inc., Nos. 2009-1052, 2010-1137, −1140 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 10, 2011) An interesting precedential opinion on claim construction for four patents with a common specification that was originally filed in 1990. Plaintiff sued camera manufacturers for infringement on the basis that users could save in different file formats. The […]
Law Firm v2.0: A client-driven solution
In a world with an increasingly complex legal, technological and regulatory landscape, clients need more from their intellectual property counsel than basic research and legal documents. They need professionals who understand cross-border data issues and will leverage worldwide information sources, the global workforce and evolving information technology solutions to provide value-added services. Whether your business […]