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/// What happens on March 5th,2012?
When the Leader v. Facebook attorneysmeet in D.C.
Updated 2/20/2012 8:25 PM—On March 5th, 2012, lawyers
for both Facebook and Leader Technologies, wil l present
their oral arguments at the Federal District Court of
Appeals in Washington D.C. (http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/)
The briefs for each team have been submitted and are
available to the public on the PACER website
(http://www.pacer.gov). The case is l isted as Leader Tech v.
Facebook, Case No. 2011-1366 (Fed. Cir.).
For your convenience, I have included l inks to the Federal
Circuit appeal briefs here:
1. Leader’s Opening Brief (White Brief)
2. Facebook’s Response Brief (Red Brief)
3. Leader’s Reply Brief (Gray Brief)
(YOU’RE WELCOME )
In addition to these written briefs, the trial record,
government and judicial records, and all post-trial motions
for the justices to review, each side wil l have precisely 15
minutes to present their oral arguments to a panel of three
judges. Each judge wil l also have an opportunity to
question the attorneys about their case.
The three judges are chosen from an existing pool of 12
judges (there are 17 altogether, but some appear to be
honorary or part-time positions). According to the Federal
Judicial Center the judges are usually assigned by random
assignment. (http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/judges)
This case has a number of possible outcomes. (1) The
justices could remand the entire case back to the Delaware
district court for a new trial. (2) The justices could remand
only the “on sale bar” claim for retrial. (3) The justices
could overturn the “on-sale bar” verdict against Leader for
lack of “clear and convincing” evidence (actually no
evidence that I can find in the record – the NDA “no-
reliance” clause alone kil ls Facebook’s argument that
offers were made [not to mention Facebook's doctoring of
Interrogatory No. 9]). In this case, the district court wil l
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Interrogatory No. 9]). In this case, the district court wil l
conduct the second half of the trial for damages, wil lful
infringement (up to 3x $$$ billions in damages) and
injunction (shut down Facebook???!!!). (4) The justices
could leave the lower court verdicts unchanged, in which
case Leader would presumably fi le an “en banc” appeal to
ask all 12 justices to hear the appeal.
The U.S. Supreme Court is the next appeal step after that.
Since the subject of Leader’s appeal is the “clear and
convincing” evidence standard, it is highly l ikely that the
Supreme Court would hear this case if it came before them
since they left their ruling in Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd.
Partnership, 131 S. Ct. 2238 (Supreme Court 2011) (here’s
the opinion) unspecific about the “clear and convincing”
evidence standard. This case seems a perfect candidate for
the court to rule more specifically on what it means (since
Facebook won the “on-sale bar” verdict with attorney “dark
arts” games and no hard evidence.) See “Faceebook’s
burden never shifted to Leader” which discusses the recent
Microsoft vs. i4i decision.
Federal judges are nominated by the President and
confirmed by the United States Senate as stated in the
Constitution. The Constitution does not set forth any
specific requirements for nomination.
(http://www.uscourts.gov/common/FAQs.aspx)
According Attorney Mark Grossman of Grossman Law
Offices (GLO), whose firm specializes in intellectual
property l itigation, not one of the sitting judges on the
panel has served as a trial attorney for a patent case.
Here is a summary of the current judges. Justices at the
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals as of Feb. 11, 2012 are
(NAME, TITLE, APPOINTED BY, YEAR
(http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/judges):
Justices of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals,Washington D.C.RANDALL R.RADER
ChiefJudge
Geo. H.W.Bush
1990
DANIEL M.FRIEDMAN
CircuitJudge
JimmyCarter
1978 seniorstatus
PAULINE NEWMAN CircuitJudge
RonaldReagan
1984
HALDANE ROBERTMAYER
CircuitJudge
RonaldReagan
1987 seniorstatus
S. JAY PLAGER CircuitJudge
Geo. H. W.Bush
1989
ALAN D. LOURIE CircuitJudge
Geo. H. W.Bush
1990
RAYMOND C.CLEVENGER, III
CircuitJudge
Geo. H. W.Bush
1990 seniorstatus
ALVIN A. SCHALL CircuitJudge
Geo. H. W.Bush
1992 seniorstatus
WILLIAM C. Circuit William J. 1994
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In September of last year, President Barack Obama signed
a patent reform law titled “America Invents Act” that the
White House was touting as their “commitment to job
creation.” When enacted, the bil l wil l shift the U.S. patent
system from a first-to-invent to a first-to-fi le nation thereby
speeding up the patent application process.
“‘Right now, there are about 700,000 applications thathaven’t even been opened yet. These are jobs andbusinesses of the future just waiting to be created,” Obamasaid at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science andTechnology in Alexandria, Va., where the signing took place.“Somewhere in that stack of applications could be the nexttechnological breakthrough.’
‘This bill is an important step forward for the nation’s patentsystem and represents consensus among many keystakeholders and broad support across various industries,”the Coalition for Patent Fairness — which represents Apple,Cisco, Dell and Google — said in a statement. The AmericaInvents Act “will harmonize America’s patent system andallow us to continue to compete in the internationalmarketplace. ‘
But inventors and entrepreneurs are skeptical that the billwill ease the nation’s patent litigation crisis and it may hurtsmall startups. In the weeks prior to the bill’s passage, Webentrepreneurs had complained the bill gives high-techcorporations an advantage in securing patents because theycan afford to hire teams of patent lawyers.”
(http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63697.html)
It currently takes about three years or more from the fi le
date to get a patent approved. Some inventors wait a
decade. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is even said
to be rejecting patents without cause to force the inventor
to appeal—creating yet more expense and fi l ing fee costs.
Large infringers are also fi l ing for multiple
“reexaminations” of existing patents at the Patent Office to
drive up the inventor’s cost sti l l further. Such practices are
not consistent with the political rhetoric.
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Leader also won Facebook’s Patent Office re-examination challenges
Facebook fi led for two re-examinations (“inter partes” and
“ex-parte”) in Leader v. Facebook. The Patent Office docket
on Leader’s re-examination victories can be accessed at
http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair. If you put in the
application number (95/001,261) and click “Image File
Wrapper” you can download them all. In this reexamination
Facebook continued to allege to the Patent Office (as they
had done and lost at trial) that prior art existed that
invalidated Leader’s claims. Facebook lost that argument
again.
For your convenience, Leader’s Re-examination win
notice from the Patent Office docket can be obtained by
clicking here.
(YOU’RE WELCOME )
It will be interesting to see if the current
administration, in the midst of an election process,
will be able to support their claims that innovators
will be rewarded for their efforts, and larger
companies will not be the only party able to control
the patent market.
Fig. 1 – Big trouble ahead for the Facebook IPO?
Donna Kline reports for Pittsburgh Business Report and is a
former reporter for Bloomberg.
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This was an interesting read. A lot of
angry people out there!
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