Northern Telecom v. Datapoint

Citation: Northern Telecom, Inc. v. Datapoint Corp., 908 F.2d 931 (Fed. Cir.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 920 (1990). (full-text)

The court held that “[t]he possible design of superior software . . . is not relevant in determining whether the inventor has complied with the enablement requirement.”