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CAFC Upholds Validity of ‘First-Filed, First-Issued, Later Expiring Claim’

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) recently made a significant ruling regarding patent law. The court decided that a “first-filed, first-issued, later-expiring claim cannot be invalidated by a later-filed, later-issued,...