Defending an Invalid Invention: The Matt case
When a house ware Plaintiff tried to enforce an alleged invention of a thin matt with writing showing through the top, FLG successfully defended the Patent infringement suit. After taking some discovery and locating prior art that almost exactly matched the Plaintiff’s invention, FLG asked the Court to dismiss the only independent claim of the Patent. The Chicago Illinois District Court, considered the issue for over a year, and then agreed. It ruled the Patent’s independent claim invalid.