No. 18-823

ZUP, LLC v. Nash Manufacturing, Inc.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-28
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived
Tags: invention invention-evaluation legal-analysis long-felt-need non-obviousness obviousness obviousness-standard patent patent-invalidity patent-law prima-facie prior-art rebuttal secondary-considerations
Key Terms:
Securities Patent
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether evidence of 'secondary considerations' is less important in rebutting prima facie evidence of obviousness

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether evidence of “secondary considerations” (e.g., a long-felt, but unresolved, need for the patented invention) is less important, functioning at a diminished capacity from time to time to rebut prima facie evidence of obviousness.

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-23
Brief amicus curiae of US Inventor, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2019-01-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-09
Waiver of right of respondent Nash Manufacturing, Inc. to respond filed.
2018-12-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2019)

Attorneys

Nash Manufacturing, Inc.
Joseph Franklin Cleveland Jr.Brackett & Ellis, P. C., Respondent
US Inventor, Inc., Josh Malone and Twelve Inventor Clubs
Robert P. GreenspoonFlachsbart & Greenspoon, LLC, Amicus
ZUP, LLC
Matthew M. WawrzynWawrzyn & Jarvis LLC, Petitioner