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TSM Test for Obviousness Argued Before the Supreme Court

On November 28, 2006, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the case of KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc. The case itself concerned a broadly worded patent claim that the United States Patent Office (USPTO) told the Supreme Court was invalid under Section 103 of the Patent Act and was issued in...

Preliminary Injunction for Design Patent Infringement is overturned by the Federal Circuit

In PHG Technologies, LLC, v. St. John Companies, Case No. 06-1169 (Fed. Cir., Nov. 17, 2006), the Federal Circuit vacated the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee’s preliminary injunction in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee, PHG Technologies, L.L.C. (“PHG”). The court relied on the finding that Defendant-Appellant, St. John Companies, Inc. (“St. John”)...