Media Techs. Licensing, LLC. v. Upper Deck Co.
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sports Law) In a patent infringement suit involving patents related to memorabilia cards, district court’s conclusion that the patents are invalid for obviousness is affirmed where: 1) defendants have met the burden of showing that it would have been obvious to one skilled in the art to attach a sports-related item instead of those items attached in the prior art references; and 2) secondary objective evidence also fails to establish non-obviousness.
