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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)

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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

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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.

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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.

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Donna Kline reports for Pittsburgh Business Report and is a

former reporter for Bloomberg.

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