This morning, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions in patent cases. In the first opinion, the Federal Circuit reversed in part, vacated in part and remanded in part based on error in a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In the second opinion, the Federal Circuit affirmed a final judgment of a district court. The Federal Circuit also released one nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the dismissal.
Everstar Merchandise Co. v. Willis Electric Co. (Nonprecedential)
Everstar Merchandise Co. Ltd. appeals the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s final decision in a post grant review. The Board determined that Everstar failed to show that a person of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to combine the teachings of Kumada and Debladis ’120 and thus Everstar failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that claims 1–33 of U.S. Patent No. 10,222,037 are unpatentable. We hold that the Board legally erred in its motivation to combine analysis, and that substantial evidence only supports the conclusion that a person of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to combine Kumada and Debladis ’120. Accordingly, we reverse-in-part, vacate-in-part, and remand.
Stylwan IP Holdings, LLC v. Stress Engineering Services, Inc (Nonprecedential)
Stylwan IP Holding, LLC, Stylwan, Inc., and Stylwan IIT, LLC appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The district court entered the judgment after the parties stipulated to noninfringement of six asserted patents based on the court’s claim constructions. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.