August 03, 2015
The Federal Circuit's recent decision that a judge wrongly overruled a jury and declared patents obvious based on simple concepts unrelated to the invention shows that there are limits on the prior art that can be used to render a patent obvious, creating a hurdle for accused infringers, attorneys say.
July 28, 2015
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.