Prior Art Must Relate To Patent For Obviousness: Fed. Circ.

By Ryan Davis (July 28, 2015, 8:15 PM EDT) -- The Federal Circuit found Tuesday that a Wisconsin federal judge wrongly overturned a $1.86 million patent jury verdict won by Circuit Check Inc. against rival QXQ Inc., ruling that the prior art he said rendered the patents obvious involved simple concepts unrelated to the invention....

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