Barrette Outdoor Living v. Fortress Iron (Fed. Cir., October 17, 2025) 2024-1231
This episode focuses on an opinion by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, concerning a patent infringement case between Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc. (Plaintiff-Appellant) and Fortress Iron, LP, et al. (Defendants-Cross-Appellants). Barrette appealed a lower court's finding of non-infringement related to four of its patents, while Fortress cross-appealed the finding that the claims were not indefinite. The central issue on appeal revolved around the construction of terms like "boss" and "projection," which the district court had limited to integral and fastener-less…
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