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| September 8, 2010

Green Edge Enters., LLC v. Rubber Mulch Etc., LLC

On September 7, 2010, the Federal Circuit affirmed-in-part, reversed-inpart and remanded the district court’s summary judgment, inter alia, that U.S. Patent 5,910,514, which related to a synthetic mulch that is colored with a “water based acrylic colorant” to imitate natural mulch, was invalid for failure to comply with the best mode requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112.

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