Apple vs. Samsung: U.S. Patent Office – Challenges to patent validity
By David French
News reports have indicated that at least one of Apple’s patents which were the subject of the $1 billion jury verdict in California in August are in trouble with the U.S. patent office.
Here is one reference: U.S. Office Rejects 2nd Apple Patent
And another: Key Apple patent used against Samsung under fire
Any suggestion that Apple’s patent has been conclusively invalidated by the U.S. Patent Office is not correct. The proceedings at the U.S. patent office are not yet over. However, this raises a very interesting situation which may create a dilemma for the trial judge.
