ELR Citation: 48 ELR 20003
No(s). 17-1219 (Fed. Cir. Dec 18, 2017)

The Federal Circuit held that the state of California did not infringe on an emissions trading-related patent, allowing the state's greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade program to continue. The plaintiff owns a U.S. patent that covers a method and apparatus for using electronic systems to claim an...