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Has the Federal Circuit Gotten Gunshy?

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Kevin E. Noonan -- After several years of having its decisions reversed by the Supreme Court -- including KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, LLC, Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc., Merck KGAA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd., Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp., Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Dickinson v. Zurko, and Medimmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. -- the question has naturally arisen as to the extent of the effects these decisions are having on the Federal Circuit's institutional fortitude in executing its Congressional mandate of harmonizing U.S. patent law. These...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on September 23, 2008 (boomark / email).