United States: An Invention Is Obvious When It Is A Combination Of Known Elements With No More Than Expected Results - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
In Norgren Inc. v. International Trade Commission, No. 11-1349 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 14, 2012), the Federal Circuit affirmed the ITC’s determination of no violation of 19 U.S.C. § 1337 ("section 337") by Respondents SMC Corporation and SMC Corporation of America’s (collectively "SMC") importation or sale of devices alleged to infringe Norgren Inc.’s ("Norgren") U.S. Patent No. 5,372,392 ("the ’392 patent") based on the ITC’s conclusion that the asserted claims of the ’392 patent are invalid as obviou
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United States: Calcar And Thorner: Attempting To Reconcile The Federal Circuit's Claim Construction Jurisprudence - Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
In Thorner v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC, 669 F.3d 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (Moore, Rader & Aiken (D. Or. sitting by designation)), the Federal Circuit explained that, under Phillips, a claim term is given its ordinary and customary meaning as understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art except under one of the following two circumstances: (1) the patentee acted as his own lexicographer and clearly demonstrated his intent to redefine the term; or (2) the patentee clearly disavo
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United States: Mark Denied Registration For Descriptiveness Because Mark Immediately Conveys Information About Designated Services - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
In In re Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, No. 11-1330 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 3, 2012), the Federal Circuit affirmed the TTAB’s refusal to register the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s ("COC") NATIONAL CHAMBER mark because it was merely descriptive.
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