Legal Opinion
Simpleair, Inc. v. Google LLC
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 12, 2018No. 2016-2738PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lourie, Circuit Judge.
SimpleAir, Inc. ("SimpleAir") appeals from the order of the United States District *1163 Court for the Eastern District of Texas dismissing SimpleAir's complaint under Rule 12(b)(6) as barred by claim preclusion and the Kessler doctrine. SimpleAir, Inc. v. Google Inc. , 204 F.Supp.3d 908 , 915 (E.D. Tex. 2016) (" SimpleAir IV "). Because the district court erred by presuming that terminally-disclaimed continuation patents are patentably indistinct variations of their parent patents without analyzing the scope of the patent claims, we vacate the district court's order and…
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