Patent Litigation Updates

January 2008 - Posts

The Sound of One Patent Clapping

SRI Int’l v. Internet Security Systems

In SRI Int'l v. Internet Security Systems , the district court heard what it needed to grant summary judgment of invalidity. The district court found that a paper that had been published more than a year prior to the patent application invalidated the patents under review. The Federal Circuit didn't chime in. Why? Because in this electronic world what is "publicly accessible" has...

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This Token Good for One Remand

Hyperphrase Technologies LLC v. Google, Inc.

In Hyperphrase Technologies LLC v. Google, Inc., the Federal Circuit gave patent holder Hyperphrase what it needs to take one more trip on the patent litigation merry-go-round - but restrictions do apply. Opponent Google gets off the hook for most of its alleged acts of infringement and the opinion is nonprecedential. Nonetheless, the Federal Circuit's decision-wherein the district court's...

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