Legal Opinion
Propat International Corp. v. RPost, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 4, 2007No. 2006-1222, 2006-1223, 2006-1270PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
This “patent standing” case calls on us to decide once again whether a party has a sufficient ownership interest in a patent to be entitled to sue for infringement. The plaintiff, Propat International Corporation, sued RPost, Inc.; RPost US, Inc.; RPost International Limited; and three individuals (collectively, “RPost”) in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Propat charged RPost with infringing U.S. Patent No. 6,182,219 (“the '219 patent”). That patent, entitled “Apparatus and Method for Authenticating the Dispatch and Contents of…
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