Intellectual Property
Feb. 12, 2011
Ruling Leaves Flashlight Market Intact
Two days after hearing oral arguments, a federal appellate court in Washington invalidated a patent that might have turned off millions of headlamp-style flashlights.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Acting swiftly to uphold a ruling by U.S. District Judge Manuel Real, a federal appellate court Thursday rejected a patent whose challengers claim might have driven millions of headlamp-style flashlights off the market.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday in the case, and then issued an unsigned, one-page order upholding Real's ruling just two days...
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