Federal Circuit Vacates Enhancement, But Affirms Patent Eligibility Holding

Mealey's (March 21, 2019, 12:32 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a March 20 divided ruling, a majority of a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found that Cisco Systems Inc. was entitled to judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) that its infringement of two computer security patents was not willful (SRI International Inc. v. Cisco Systems Inc., No. 17-2223, Fed. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 8249)....