Affirming an obviousness decision by the Patent Trial & Appeal Board, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit explained expectation of success need only be reasonable and not absolute. Transtex sued WABCO alleging their trailer skirts infringed several Transtex patents.
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed patent holder interlocutory appeal for lack of jurisdiction under collateral order doctrine. Modern Font Applications v. Alaska Airlines. MFA is nonpracticing entity with license to patent for using nonstandard fonts.
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that a representative claim was directed to a patent-eligible improvement to computer functionality in Mentone Solutions LLC v. Digi International Inc.