Intellectual Property
Aug. 21, 1999
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^^Intellectual Property^^ Suspicious Speech Federal Circuit Panels Split on Corroboration Requirement 'Finnegan' holds that the corroboration requirement extends to all oral testimony, whether or not the witness has an interest in the outcome or claims to be a prior inventor.
By Sean DeBruine
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has raised the evidentiary bar for defendants seeking to invalidate asserted patent claims. Finnegan Corp. v. United States Int'l Trade Comm'n, 1999 U.S.App.Lexis 11825 (June 9, 1999), held that, as a matter of law, uncorroborated testimony alone ca...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has raised the evidentiary bar for defendants seeking to invalidate asserted patent claims. Finnegan Corp. v. United States Int'l Trade Comm'n, 1999 U.S.App.Lexis 11825 (June 9, 1999), held that, as a matter of law, uncorroborated testimony alone ca...
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