Federal Circuit Court of Appeals News Archives

“We are pleased with this decision as it ends a years-long debate and further clears the field to focus on the real issue of the ongoing patent infringement of Samsung and the other DRAM manufacturers”

Rambus Inc. said Tuesday an appeals court ruled on its side in a patent lawsuit with Samsung Electronics Co., denying Samsung's motion for attorney fees and instructing a district court that it dismisses the ... via Boston Globe

Lee Gesmer MassLaw Blog April 25, 2008 One of the largest jury verdicts in the notoriously plaintiff- friendly Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas was the June 2006 $79 million jury award, ... via ConsortiumInfo.org News

“I thought this was incredible. I checked it every single way I could before I went out on a limb to say this. ... The government has never argued I'm wrong. The question is: What do you do about it?”

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may have a major problem on its hands -- the possibly unconstitutional appointment of nearly two-thirds of its patent appeals judges. via American Lawyer

“Beginning in 1990, Rambus tried to license its RDRAM technology to manufacturers of DRAM chips and DRAM-compatible microprocessors”

A long-standing claim was that Rambus behaved unfairly by withholding secrets from competitors in standards committees. via BetaNews.Com

The case is to be argued and decided during the court's next term, which begins in October and ends in summer 2009, a court spokeswoman said. via Platts

Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch, Editors of Internet Fact Finding For Lawyers Originally published in Internet Fact Finding For Lawyers , March/April 2008. via TVC Alert

“It's higher than everyone would like”

Sunnyvale, Calif.'s Finisar was sitting pretty two years ago with $104 million in damages from a patent infringement case against DirecTV in the Eastern District of Texas. via Legal Times

“The Supreme Court has repeatedly stated that abstract ideas and algorithms (which are the core building blocks of computer programs) are not patentable. Applying this principle consistently would greatly narrow the availability of software patents.”

Red Hat News Desk Red Hat Files a Friend of the Court Brief Complaining That the Patent System is a Hindrance to Open Source Apr. via SOA World Magazine

They have not uploaded their full brief yet online, but promise to post it soon. via Slashdot

Featured in the eBook Library for Technology Professionals Managing the Modern Network Sponsored by HP In a global economy where Web-based applications power business, it's more important than ever to ensure ... via Linux Today

“The A.R.M. continues to be the industry benchmark for safety and convenience.”

American Seating Company announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a lower court's decision requiring USSC Group, Inc., to cease infringing American Seating's ... via Mass Transit

End Software Patents has filed an amicus curiae brief in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's rehearing of the In re Bilski case. via Fsf.org

The federal government must stop lashing out at whistleblowers like ex-Park Police chief Teresa Chambers Debra S. Katz and Nicole J. Williams Legal Times April 7, 2008 Image: Photodisc Green The U.S. Court of ... via Legal Intelligencer

Microsoft Corp. v. z4 Tech. After a jury verdict that z4's patent was infringed and not invalid, the Eastern District of Texas district court ordered Microsoft to pay over $100M in damages to the patentee The ... via Patently Obvious

Back in February, we pointed out that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is gearing up to hear a very important case, In re Bilski, that could change the patentability of software and patents. via Techdirt

“We've never had a district court judge elevated to the Federal Circuit”

A startling two-thirds of the court soon to be eligible for senior status image: Sherry Lee The "youngest" of the federal appellate courts soon will be showing its age as two-thirds of its members qualify for ... via Legal Times