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Prefiling Offer by Business Partner Dooms Patent

Patently O

On appeal, however, the Federal Circuit has reversed–holding that the Eddings letter constituted a “commercial offer for sale of the claimed design” and therefore created a bar to patentability under the statute. Remember the contract foundational trio: Offer, Acceptance, Consideration.

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Comparing Recent Federal Circuit Judges

Above The Law

However, Arroyos ADA claim had already been decided in his favor, and the only remaining issue was his state law claim for damages under the Unruh Act. Decision The Ninth Circuit reversed the district courts decision to dismiss the Unruh Act claim, ruling that the federal court should have kept jurisdiction over it.