Divided Federal Circuit Upholds Patent Eligibility Ruling, Vacates Damages

Mealey's (March 12, 2018, 1:41 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a March 8 decision, a panel majority of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that a Massachusetts federal judge did not err in denying judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) that 12 claims of two patents are ineligible for patenting under Section 101 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 101, but reversed a verdict that three claims of one of the patents in suit was infringed (Exergen Corporation v. Kaz USA Inc., No. 16-2315, -2341, Fed. Cir.)....