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Aug. 16, 2017

Vernon M. Winters

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Vernon M. Winters

On March 7, Winters found out he had helped the law evolve on what kind of invention ideas qualify for patents.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had affirmed his win in the district court that a patent-holder, Intellectual Ventures Management LLC, had no case for arguing that Winters’ clients had infringed on its ideas. Intellectual Ventures v. Erie Indemnity Co. et al., 2016-1128 and 2016-1132 (Fed. Cir., filed Oct...

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