CAFC Affirms District Court Judgment on Coffee Cartridge Patents

“Questions of whether an accused patent infringer’s conduct was “egregious behavior” or “worthy of punishment” are not appropriate for jury consideration, agreed the CAFC. Nonetheless, it considered the jury instruction to be reasonably clear and correct to test for willful infringement.” On January 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision affirming the District Court’s judgment of invalidity as to the asserted claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,720,320 (the ‘320 patent) and the award of attorney’s fees. The CAFC also affirmed the ruling of infringement as to the asserted claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,707,855 (the ‘855 patent). Adrian Rivera...

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