Petitioner Lexmark International, Inc. (“Lexmark”) is a major manufacturer of laser printers and toner cartridges. See Static Control Components, Inc. v. Lexmark Intl., Inc., 697 F.3d 387, 394–395 (6th Cir. 2012). Typically, manufacturers like...
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Akamai Technologies, Inc. (“Akamai”), a content delivery network, owns a patent on a method for delivering web content. See Akamai Techs., Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc., 692 F.3d 1301, 1306 (Fed. Cir. 2012). The method, in short, is a system...
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Literary works are defined under 17 U.S.C. §101 as “works, other than audiovisual works, expressed in words, numbers, or other verbal or numerical symbols or indicia, regardless of the nature of the material objects, such as books,...
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Morton Mower (“Mower”) and Mieczyslaw Mirowski (“Mirowski") developed the first implantable cardioverter defibrillator (“ICD”) between 1969 and 1980. See Medtronic Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp., 695 F.3d 1266, 1269 (Fed. Cir. 2011). An ICD is...
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Oral argument: February 21, 2007
Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (July 13, 2005)
AT&T sued Microsoft over code in the Microsoft Windows operating...
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This case began as a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Respondent Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. (“Icon”). See Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. v. Octane Fitness, LLC, No. 09-319, 2011 WL 2457914, at *1 (D. Minn. June 17, 2011). Icon claimed...
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A patent grants the patent holder the exclusive right to exclude others from making, using, importing, and selling the patented innovation for a limited period. The U.S. Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., was enacted by Congress under its...
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Jake LaMotta, a retired professional boxer, and his long-time friend Frank Petrella collaborated on a book and two screenplays about LaMotta’s life and boxing career. See Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 695 F.3d 946, 949 (9th Cir. 2012)....
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A publication is the act of making something known to the public at large to inspect or scrutinize. This is done to convey knowledge or give notice.
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In this case, the United States Postal Service (“Postal Service”) has challenged the validity of Return Mail, Inc.’s (“Return Mail”) patent for processing undeliverable mail items. Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Serv., 868 F.3d 1350, 1353 (...