Crocs Footwear Patent Properly Confirmed Valid By Board, Panel Says

Mealey's (February 19, 2021, 12:55 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — One week after granting an appellant’s motion to substitute itself in a challenge to a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that confirmed a Crocs Inc. footwear patent as not anticipated, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 18 affirmed the board’s patentability determination on the merits....