United States Federal Circuit

In a patent dispute concerning software, summary judgment of invalidity is affirmed where the patent's use of "aesthetically pleasing" does not meet the standards articulated in caselaw concerning definiteness.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/05/2005
• Published 08/05/2005

Judges

• PROST, Circuit Judge., Before CLEVENGER, BRYSON, and PROST, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Theodore Stevenson, III, McKool Smith, P.C., of Dallas, Texas, argued for plaintiff-appellant.   With him on the brief was Amber Hatfield Rovner, of Austin, Texas.   Of counsel was Douglas A. Cawley, of Dallas, Texas.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael B. Levin, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, of Palo Alto, California, argued for defendant-appellee.   With him on the brief were Michael A. Ladra, David H. Kramer, Christopher R. Parry, and Bart E. Volkmer.