United States Federal Circuit

In a dispute involving a patent pertaining to automated methods and systems for trading financial instruments, a judgment declaring certain claims of the patent invalid, declaring the patent unenforceable, and entering final judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed as the patent was unenforceable due to inequitable conduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/20/2007
• Published 03/20/2007

Judges

• MOORE, Circuit Judge., Before LINN, DYK, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gary A. Rosen, Law Offices of Gary A. Rosen, P.C., of Philadelphia, PA, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.   With him on the brief was Jack B. Blumenfeld, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, of Wilmington, DE.


• For Appellees:
  
• J. Michael Jakes, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., of Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellees.   With him on the brief was James R. Barney.