Last month at the Federal Circuit - December 2012

In Voter Verified, Inc. v. Premier Election Solutions, Inc., Nos. 11-1553, -1559, 12-1016, -1017 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 5, 2012), the Federal Circuit affirmed that Premier Election Solutions, Inc. (“Premier”), Diebold, Inc. (“Diebold”), and Election Systems & Software, Inc. (“Election Systems”) (collectively “Defendants”) did not infringe claims 1-93 of U.S. Reissue Patent No. RE40,449 (“the ’449 patent”), that claim 49 of the ’449 patent was invalid as obvious, and that claims 1-48, 50-84, and 86-92 of the ’449 patent were not invalid as to Premier and Election Systems.