Overview
Law360 covered Steptoe's Federal Circuit win for Technical Consumer Products in a patent dispute. On April 8, the Federal Circuit ruled that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) incorrectly upheld part of a Lighting Science Group Corp. LED patent, finding that the PTAB's ruling was inconsistent with the claim language and the relevant case law.
In a 15-page precedential opinion, a three-judge panel threw out the PTAB's 2018 decision that upheld the validity of Lighting Science's patent claims for an LED light fixture called a luminaire. The PTAB had found that Technical Consumer Products Inc., which challenged the patent, failed to show that several claims were anticipated or obvious over an earlier patent known as Chou.
Steptoe Chicago partners Stacie Hartman and John Abramic, and associate Katherine Johnson, represent Technical Consumer Products in this matter.
The full article can be read at Law360 (subscription required).
