{"id":34969,"date":"2022-06-06T08:51:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipo.org\/?p=34969"},"modified":"2022-06-06T08:51:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:51:20","slug":"federal-circuit-upholds-district-court-correction-of-obvious-clerical-error-in-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipo.org\/index.php\/federal-circuit-upholds-district-court-correction-of-obvious-clerical-error-in-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"FEDERAL CIRCUIT UPHOLDS DISTRICT COURT CORRECTION OF &#8220;OBVIOUS CLERICAL ERROR&#8221; IN CLAIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\" alignleft\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-744\" src=\"https:\/\/ipo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/federalcircuitsummarieslogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"65\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>**Federal Circuit Upholds District Court Correction of \u201cObvious Clerical Error\u201d in Claim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/opinions-orders\/21-1834.OPINION.6-3-2022_1960213.pdf\"><em>Pavo Solutions LLC v. Kingston Technology Company, Inc., 21-1834<\/em><\/a> &#8212; On Friday in an opinion by Judge PROST, the Federal Circuit upheld a district court judgment that Kinston willfully infringed Pavo\u2019s claims. The patent claimed USB flash memory drive with an attached cover that pivoted to expose the USB drive. Kingston argued that the district court erred in judicially correcting a claim phrase and that it lacked the intent necessary for finding of willfulness because it relied on the claims as written.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Circuit disagreed. Replacing \u201ccase\u201d with \u201ccover\u201d in the phrase \u201cpivoting the case with respect to the flash memory main body\u201d was a permissible judicial correction. The use of \u201ccase\u201d was \u201can obvious minor typographical or clerical error\u201d that was \u201cevident from the face of the patent,\u201d which was directed to a \u201ccover\u201d that \u201cpivots with respect to the case.\u201d The correction was not subject to reasonable debate\u2014Kingston\u2019s alternative correction \u201cwould result in the same claim scope\u201d\u2014and the prosecution history did not \u201csuggest[] a different interpretation.\u201d The Federal Circuit said \u201creliance on an obvious minor clerical error in the claim language is not a defense to willful infringement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>(1 to 4 stars rate impact of opinion on patent &amp; trademark law)<\/em><\/p>\n<table class=\" alignleft\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34719\" src=\"https:\/\/ipo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IPO-Meetings-Events-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IPO-Meetings-Events-200x180.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ipo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IPO-Meetings-Events-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IPO-Meetings-Events.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>IPO\u2019s European Practice Conference to be Held This Friday, June 10 in Munich, Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us in Munich this Friday, June 10 for an engaging one-day program that includes presentations on G 2\/21 and the question of plausibility, how will the UPC deal with injunctions, the Rule 30 problem, and the UPC and equivalents. There will be several networking opportunities for attendees to connect face-to-face including coffee breaks, lunch, and a closing reception. For more information or to register, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipo.org\/europe22\">www.ipo.org\/europe22<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Federal Circuit Upholds District Court Correction of \u201cObvious Clerical Error\u201d  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9339,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FEDERAL CIRCUIT UPHOLDS DISTRICT COURT CORRECTION OF &quot;OBVIOUS CLERICAL ERROR&quot; IN CLAIM - Intellectual Property Owners Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipo.org\/index.php\/federal-circuit-upholds-district-court-correction-of-obvious-clerical-error-in-claim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FEDERAL CIRCUIT UPHOLDS DISTRICT COURT CORRECTION OF &quot;OBVIOUS CLERICAL ERROR&quot; 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