Legal Opinion
Teles Ag v. Kappos
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 5, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2011-0476PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BERYL A. HOWELL, District Judge.
This suit, arising out of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (the “PTO”) rejection of claims 34-36 and 38 of U.S. Patent No. 6,954,453 B1, presents a question of statutory construction that has not yet been addressed by this or other Circuits. The plaintiffs are patent owners, TELES AG and Sigram Schindler Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (collectively, “Teles”), who brought suit under section 306 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 306, against David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the PTO,…
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