United States Federal Circuit

In patent infringement suit involving patents related to electronic commerce, wherein a merchant's products are offered and purchased online through computers interconnected by a network, judgment is reversed in part, and vacated in part, where: 1) the claims in suit of the '314 and '492 patents are invalid for obviousness over the CompuServe Mall system; 2) the claims of the '639 patent are invalid for obviousness over Johnson in view of additional prior art, and the other evidence presented; and thus, 3) the judgments of validity are reversed, and the judgments of infringement and damages are vacated.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/22/2013
• Published 01/22/2013

Judges

• NEWMAN

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel