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Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Tuesday about the current legal standard for granting patents and signaled a willingness to make patents harder to obtain.
The justices heard oral arguments in KSR International v. Teleflex Inc., a case that focuses on whether an invention is obvious and therefore ineligible for a patent.
Teleflex Inc. sued KSR in 2002 for infringing its patent on a gas pedal it makes for Ford Motor Co. Teleflex combined a gas pedal that can be adjusted for the height of the driver with one that controls acceleration electronically, rather than through a mechanical cable. KSR subsequently made a similar pedal for General Motors.
KSR fought back, arguing that the combination of the two features was an obvious one and as a result the patent was invalid.
Justice Anthony Kennedy seemed to agree...
Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Tuesday about the current legal standard for granting patents and signaled a willingness to make patents harder to obtain.
The justices heard oral arguments in KSR International v. Teleflex Inc., a case that focuses on whether an invention is obvious and therefore ineligible for a patent.
Teleflex Inc. sued KSR in 2002 for infringing its patent on a gas pedal it makes for Ford Motor Co. Teleflex combined a gas pedal that can be adjusted for the height of the driver with one that controls acceleration electronically, rather than through a mechanical cable. KSR subsequently made a similar pedal for General Motors.
KSR fought back, arguing that the combination of the two features was an obvious one and as a result the patent was invalid.
Justice Anthony Kennedy seemed to agree...
