United States Federal Circuit

In plaintiff's patent infringement suit against defendant-LendingTree involving a patent for a computerized procurement service for matching potential buyers with potential vendors over a network, district court's conclusion that the asserted patent claims were infringed but invalid on obviousness grounds is vacated in part, affirmed in part, and remanded where: 1) district court's grant of summary judgment of invalidity and infringement are vacated except to the extent that the latter grant forecloses defendant's argument that its website does not offer goods or services; 2) district court's grant of summary judgment on the charges of indefiniteness is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/07/2009
• Published 12/07/2009

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• United States Federal Circuit

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