Collegenet v. Applyyourself

Collegenet owns a patent for a process of allowing college applicants to complete applications for many educational institutions through its website. During claim construction of its patent, the C.A.F.C. construed the term "format" to mean a specified format (by the educational institution), and not any possible format.

• MP3: Collegenet v. Applyyourself (Fed. Cir. 2005) (citations omitted)
• PDF: Collegenet v. Applyyourself (Fed. Cir. 2005) (full text)
• Patently-O: Customary Meaning Refers to Customary Meaning in the Art
• IP Law Observer: College Application Software Held Infringed Based On Rejection Of Defendant's Narrow Claim Construction