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Misidentifying best mode did not warrant SJ and trademark counterclaims met case or controversy standard

• Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
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• USA
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• October 29 2010

In Green Edge Enterprises, LLC v. Rubber Mulch Etc., LLC, Nos. 09-1455, -1479 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 7, 2010), the Federal Circuit held that the district court erred in invalidating U.S. Patent No. 5,910,514 (“the ’514 patent”) for failure to describe the best mode and dismissing Rubber Mulch Etc., LLC’s (“Rubber Mulch”) counterclaims for trademark noninfringement and invalidity