This morning the Federal Circuit released a precedential opinion in a patent case appealed from the Southern District of California. In its opinion, the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s claim construction, vacated its grant of summary judgment, and remanded the case. The Federal Circuit also released five nonprecedential orders late yesterday and this morning. Three grant motions to voluntarily dismiss appeals, and two dismiss appeals for failure to prosecute. Here is the introduction to the opinion and links to the dismissals.
Finjan LLC v. ESET, LLC (Precedential)
Appellant Finjan, Inc. appeals the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California’s grant of summary judgment of invalidity. The district court construed the claim term “Downloadable” in the asserted patents to be restricted to “small” executable or interpretable application programs based on the definition of “Downloadable” provided by a patent in the same family that was incorporated by reference into the asserted patents. The district court determined that the asserted claims were indefinite and thus invalid. We reverse the district court’s claim construction, vacate its grant of summary judgment, and remand for further proceedings.