The protection of intellectual property rights is always "mission critical" for businesses. Conversely, defending unwarranted or overreaching claims for infringement or misappropriation – including actions by "patent trolls" – is equally vital. In either case, the litigators of Moss & Barnett have the needed experience and the backup of our intellectual property attorneys to vindicate client rights.
Moss & Barnett's Intellectual Property trial attorneys handle matters in these areas:
[02/01] Thorner v. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC In a patent infringement action concerning a patent relating to a tactile feedback system for computer video games, the district court's judgment of noninfringement upon stipulation is vacated and the case remanded, where: 1) the district court improperly limited the term "attached to said pad" to mean attachment only to an external surface, and the parties based the stipulation of noninfringement on the district court's erroneous construction of this claim; and 2) the district court erred in its construction of the term "flexible."
[01/27] Krippelz v. Ford Motor Co. In a patent infringement case involving a vehicle-mounted lamp, the district court's denial of the defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law on invalidity is reversed, its summary judgment of infringement is vacated, and the case is remanded for entry of judgment of nonliability for the defendant, where the district court committed reversible error in its holdings that: 1) a reasonable jury could find that a competing French patent failed to teach the required "conical beam of light;" and 2) the jury could have reasonably found the French patent to lack a lamp "adjacent to the window."
