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Article: Federal Circuit Awaits "Bonus Points" to Defendants-Claim Limited by "Acquiescence".(Brief Article)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- May 29, 2002
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In affirming the district court's claim construction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that acquiescence during prosecution limited the broad or plain meaning of the claim term "bonus points" as used in a claim directed to a fantasy football game. Fantasy Sports Properties, Inc. v. Sportsline.com Inc., Case Nos. 01-1217, -122 (Fed. Cir., April 24, 2002).
Fantasy is the assignee of U.S. Patent No. 4,918,603, which relates to a method of and apparatus for playing a "fantasy" football game on a computer. The game is played by a number of "owners" or "managers" who operate fantasy "teams" or "franchises" based on actual football players. Points ...