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Welker Bearing Co. v. Phd Inc.

By Jake Ward

The generic terms “mechanism,” “means,” “element,” and “device,” do not connote sufficiently definite structure to avoid means-plus-function treatment. (Fed. Cir. 2008, 08-1169) The U.S. District Court (E.D. Virginia) granted summary judgment of noninfringement of Welker Bearing Co.?s U.S. Patent Nos. 6,786,478 (??478 patent?) and 6,913,254 (??254 patent?) in favor of PHD, Inc.  The CAFC affirmed the summary judgment, [...]

Full post as published by Anticipate This! on January 04, 2009 (boomark / email).