Federal Circuit denies LG appeal against patent infringement
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has denied an appeal from LG Electronics in a patent infringement case.
Core Wireless sued LG at the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that LG infringed US patent numbers 8,434,020 and 8,713,476, both known as “Computing device with improved user interface for applications”.
The patents relate to a quick way to access data from a mobile device through a summary window.
Core Wireless’s technology in the two disputed patents can be accessed in two steps: “First, launch a main view which shows various applications; then, launch the appropriate summary window for the application of interest.”
LG claimed that the asserted claims were invalid, as they were abstract, and that it had not infringed them.
The jury found that all asserted claims were infringed and not invalid. LG appealed.
“The parties’ dispute boils down to whether the status bar is part of the accused ‘home screen’,” said the Federal Circuit.
“This is a fact question that we presume the jury resolved in favour of Core Wireless, and substantial evidence supports the jury’s finding.”
As such, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision.
In a separate case WIPR reported on previously, the EU General Court dismissed an appeal brought by LG and upheld a decision that the trademark ‘Dual Edge’ has a descriptive character.
LG applied for the trademark with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in 2015, but the EUIPO rejected the application because the trademark applied for was descriptive. LG appealed, but this was dismissed by the General Court.
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