Means-Plus-Function Findings Not Adequately Supported, Federal Circuit Says

Mealey's (June 5, 2018, 2:22 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A California federal judge’s determination that three claims of two patents are invalid as indefinite, based upon findings that the claims recite means-plus-function terms without sufficient corresponding structure, was vacated June 1 by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, in a loss for Apple Inc. (Zeroclick LLC v. Apple Inc., No. 17-1267, Fed. Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 14581)....