In Voting Machine Case, the Federal Circuit Expanded on Standards for Categorizing Online Publications as Prior Art References
With one day to go before the election, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled on November 5, 2012 that a patent obtained on an automated voting machine with a self-verification procedure is not infringed by other automated voting machine manufacturers. The patent, US Reissue Patent RE40,449 (the “‘449 patent”), is [...]