Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Fed. Cir.

Wsou Investments LLC v. Google LLC, No. 22-1063 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 19, 2023)

Affirmed in Part
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 22-1063
Also Docketed
No. 22-1065 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
October 19, 2023
Judge
Stoll, J.
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
13 pages

From the Opinion

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WSOU Investments LLC , dba B razos Licensing and Development (WSOU) appeals from a judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas that con- strued certain claim terms in U.S. Patent No s. 8,965,045 and 9,335,825 in means-plus-function format and thus sub- ject to 35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 61 and held those claims indefinite 1 The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) redes- ignated § 112 ¶¶ 2 and 6 as, respectively, § 112(b) and (f). Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Pub. L. No. 112-29, sec. 4(c), 125 Stat. 284, 296 (2011).