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Obviousness as a Matter of Law e.g. in Trailer Hitch Locks: Wyers v. Master Lock Co. (Fed. Cir. July 22, 2010)

By Andis Kaulins

The Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) discusses Wyers v. Master Lock Co. (Fed. Cir. July 22, 2010), abstracting the posting as follows:

"Is 'obviousness' a question of law or fact? The rote answer is that it's both: it's a question of law based on underlying findings of fact. Drawing that line, however, can be tricky, especially when the jury issues a general verdict. In addition to addressing this issue, the case discussed below is also noteworthy due to its commentary on KSR on the subject of motivation to combine."

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Full post as published by LawPundit on July 25, 2010 (boomark / email).