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ARTICLE · 01 JULY 2016

Intrinsic Feature In All Described Embodiments Makes Claim Insurmountable **WEB ONLY**

The patent owner sued manufactures and sellers of tablet computer devices for infringement of patent claims directed to a mountable digital picture frame for displaying digital images.

United StatesIntellectual Property

Addressing issues of claim construction, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court, finding that that no reasonable juror could find infringement where none of the accused products contained features that met the disputed claim limitation. Profectus Technology LLC v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Case Nos. 15-1016; -1018; -1019 (Fed. Cir., May 26, 2016) (Reyna, J) (Moore, J, dissenting).

The patent owner sued manufactures and sellers of tablet computer devices for infringement of patent claims directed to a mountable digital picture frame for displaying digital images. The disputed claim language of the asserted independent claims included "[a] stand alone and mountable picture display for displaying still digital pictures," and "a mountable picture frame adapted to digitally display at least one still image thereon." Relying on a general dictionary definition, the plaintiff asked for the plain and ordinary meaning of "mountable,"

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