Zak v. Facebook, Inc., No. 4:2015cv13437 - Document 164 (E.D. Mich. 2021)
Court Description: OPINION AND ORDER denying 111 Zak's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Certain of Facebook's Invalidity Defenses (as to an On-Sale Bar and Obviousness as to Certain Prior Art Combinations). Signed by District Judge Terrence G. Berg. (AChu)
Download PDF
<![CDATA[
Dockets.Justia.com BRUCE ZAK, 4:15-CV-13437-TGB-MGH FACEBOOK, INC., Zak v. Facebook, Inc. OPINION AND ORDER DENYING ZAK’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON CERTAIN OF FACEBOOK’S INVALIDITY DEFENSES (AS TO AN ONSALE BAR AND OBVIOUSNESS AS TO CERTAIN PRIOR ART COMBINATIONS) (ECF NOS. 111, 143, 148) Doc. 164 See DENY I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY See generally inter partes review See Facebook, Inc. v. Zak Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. Markman II. BACKGROUND See Zak v. Facebook, Inc. Markman III. ’720 PATENT A. Patented System Zak v. Facebook, Inc. B. Claims 2 Id. C. Constructions See also Markman See also IV. LEGAL STANDARDS Cont’l Can Co. USA, Inc. v. Monsanto Co. A. Standard for Summary Judgment Sagan v. United States Gutierrez v. Lynch Celotex Corp. v. Catrett Sagan Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. Celotex Horton v. Potter Celotex Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp. Horton Matsushita Anderson Id. Kendall v. Hoover Co. B. Infringement Absolute Software, Inc. v. Stealth Signal, Inc. Advanced Steel Recovery, LLC v. X-Body Equip., Inc. Athletic Alternatives, Inc. v. Prince Mfg., Inc. C. Validity Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. P’ship Microsoft Id. Id. Pfaff v. Wells Elecs., Inc. Pfaff Id. Meds. Co. v. Hospira, Inc. en banc Graham v. John Deere Co. Id. Graham KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc. V. ON-SALE BAR ANALYSIS A. Background See See B. Arguments Pfaff Pfaff id. See C. Analysis Anderson Pfaff Sagan Matsushita VI. OBVIOUSNESS ANALYSIS A. Expert Testimony See Id. Id. Id. Id. 1. Arguments in the Written Briefs Graham Pfizer, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc. 2. Analysis Panduit Corp. v. Dennison Mfg. Co. Proveris Sci. Corp. v. Innovasystems, Inc. cf. Wyers v. Master Lock Co. Perfect Web Techs., Inc. v. InfoUSA, Inc. Celotex Microsoft See Proveris Creative Compounds, LLC v. Starmark Labs. B. Deposit Materials See supra 1. Arguments in the Written Briefs combining See 2. Analysis See VII. CONCLUSION DENY SO ORDERED.
]]>
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You
should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Privacy Policy and
Terms of Service apply.
