AFG Industries, Inc. and Asahi Glass Company, Ltd. Obtain Favorable Decision From Federal Circuit
Oblon, Spivak, on behalf of AFG INDUSTRIES, INC. and ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD., has obtained a favorable decision from the Federal Circuit. The decision includes a discussion of the proper use of extrinsic evidence in claim construction.
Oblon, Spivak Wins Another Complex Patent Case At The Federal Circuit Court Of Appeals; No Equivalents Infringement Of A Variety Of Patent Claims For Self-Mailer Business Forms
Case Synopsis On September 22, 2000, the Federal Circuit upheld an order granting three separate summary judgment motions filed in March-April 1998 by the Oblon, Spivak firm in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The ruling affirmed Oblon, Spivak's position that its client did not infringe under the doctrine of equivalents any claims of three patents in the original lawsuit brought 33 months earlier. Moore U.S.A., Inc. v. The Standard Register Company, ___ F.3d ___, __ USPQ2d __, 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 23715 (Appeal Nos. 98-1386,-1387) (Fed. Cir. 2000).
Charles L. Gholz Receives Special Citation from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
On February 15, 2000, Charles ("Chico") Gholz was presented a special citation from the Patent and Trademark Office Society "In recognition of his many outstanding articles and letters to the editors in the Journal of Patent and Trademark Office Society over a sustained period of years."
Festo Corporation vs. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd., a/k/a SMC Corporation, and SMC Pneumatics, Inc.
Federal Circuit Vacates Festo Decision, Orders That Case Be Reheard In Banc and Invites Amicus Curiae Briefs
United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit, K-2 Corporation V. Salomon S.A. And Salomon/North America, Inc.
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Clarification of the Proper Use of Extrinsic Evidence in Claim Interpretation: Vitronics Revisited
In the recent case of Pitney Bowes, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 51 U.S.P.Q.2d 1161 (Fed. Cir. 1999), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified when courts may properly consult extrinsic evidence when interpreting patent claim language.
AFG Industries, Inc. and Asahi Glass Company, Ltd., v. Cardinal IG Company, Inc., and Andersen Windows, Inc., 98-1375
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT NOTICE OF ENTRY OF JUDGMENT ACCOMPANIED BY OPINION OPINION FILED AND JUDGMENT ENTERED: 01/05/99 The attached opinion announcing the judgment of the court in your case was filed and judgment was entered on the date indicated above. The mandate will be issued in due course.
First Interference Involving 11 Patents-Such Interferences Offer Economic Benefits To Patent Owners
The intellectual property law firm Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C., announced today that it is handling an interference that involves 11 patents. Never before has there been an interference involving this many patents, and the economic implications will be of interest to all patent owners.
US Rulings Muddle Patent Interference Law
US Rulings Muddle Patent Interference Law on Corroboration and Reduction to Practice Federal Circuit Defies Precedents and Logic by Charles L. Gholz * Panels of the Federal Circuit are not supposed to change the law. In theory, the law is supposed to be altered only by en banc decisions of the court.1 In practice, however, recent opinions in two important areas of patent interference law 2 strikingly demonstrate that panels of the court are taking positions inconsistent with supposedly binding precedent.
IP Worldwide Jan/Feb 1997 p.11