In Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc. v. Opti-Luxx Inc., the Federal Circuit vacated a finding of design patent infringement due to an erroneous claim construction. The panel also reversed the ...
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Federal Circuit Sees Logic in Allowing Expert Testimony on Ordinary Observers in Design Patent Cases
“[F]or the expert’s testimony on a POSA’s perspective to be relevant, the expert must also establish familiarity with that perspective.” Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued ...
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The Federal Circuit reversed and remanded the decision of a federal district court in Michigan denying Opti-Luxx Inc.'s motion for judgment as a matter of law and issuing a permanent injunction in ...
A district court judge was wrong to expand a design patent through jury instructions that redefined a claimed feature, the Federal Circuit ruled, wiping out one infringement finding and forcing a ...
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