United States Federal Circuit
Lighting Ballast Control LLC v. Philips Electronics North America, 2012-1014
The rule set forth in Cybor Corp. v. FAS Technologies, Inc., 138 F.3d 1448 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (en banc) establishing the standard of appellate review that patent claim construction receives de novo determination on appeal, is affirmed, where: 1) applying the principles of stare decisis, the Cybor standard of de novo review of claim construction, whereby the scope of the patent grant is reviewed as a matter of law, remains the law; and 2) there is neither "grave necessity" nor "special justification" for departing from Cybor.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/21/2014
- Published 02/21/2014
Judges
- NEWMAN
Court
- United States Federal Circuit