Federal Circuit Reinstates Verdict That Phone Relay System Patent Is Valid

Mealey's (May 21, 2018, 11:52 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Wisconsin federal judge’s decision to grant, post-trial, a defendant’s motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) that various claims of a patent directed to a telephone relay system (TRS) are invalid as obvious was erroneous, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals concluded May 18 (Ultratec Inc., et al., v Sorenson Communications Inc., Nos. 2017-1161, -1225, Fed. Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 13035)....