Federal Circuit Petitioned For Mandamus In Source Code Dispute

Mealey's (May 1, 2019, 9:40 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an April 22 petition for mandamus filed with the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a patent owner and its licensee assert the U.S. Court of Federal Claims abused its discretion when, in an April 2019 unpublished decision, it refused to order a third-party government contractor to produce documents showing the functionality of its source code (In re 3rd Eye Surveillance LLC, et al., No. 19-119, Fed. Cir.)....