Coca-Cola Defends Patent Win for Second Time at Federal Circuit

A Federal Circuit panel appeared dubious of arguments from an entity linked to prolific inventor Leigh Rothschild for once-again reviving a decade-old patent suit against Coca-Cola Co. over its soda dispenser machines.

Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations LLC argued the district court erred in ruling for Coca-Cola a second time because it misread the 11th claim of its patent and erroneously axed its alternate theory of infringement under the doctrine of equivalents.

John Carey of Carey Rodriguez LLP, an attorney for Rothschild, said during oral argument Monday the lower court judge was incorrect in ruling that US Patent No. 8,417,377 only ...