Legal Opinion
Polaris Industries, Inc. v. Arctic Cat, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 9, 2018No. 2016-1807; 2016-2280PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO'Malley, Circuit Judge
Polaris Industries, Inc. ("Polaris") owns U.S. Patent No. 8,596,405 ("the '405 patent"), which is directed to all-terrain vehicles ("ATVs") having at least two seats arranged side-by-side. Polaris's competitor, Arctic Cat, Inc. ("Arctic Cat"), filed two petitions for inter partes review, challenging the patentability of all thirty-eight claims of the '405 patent as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 based on different combinations of prior art references. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") found, in two inter partes review proceedings, that the claims are unpatentable over one combination…
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