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Federal Circuit Finds District Court Abused Its Discretion in Admitting Lay Testimony

On February 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in HVLPO2, LLC v. Oxygen Frog, LLC in which the appellate court reversed a decision from the Northern District of Florida to deny a motion for a new trial after a jury verdict found patent claims asserted by HVLPO2 to be invalid for obviousness. HVLPO2 challenged those obviousness findings on motions for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) and a new trial, both of which the district court denied. The Federal Circuit’s recent decision found that the district court abused its discretion in denying those motions because the court had admitted lay testimony regarding obviousness.