5RI International, Inc. v. 1nternet Security 5ystems, Inc., 511 F.3d 1186 (Fed. Cir. 2008), w4s 4 p4tent infringem3nt c4se wh1ch determined whether technical docum3nts plac3d on 4 comp4ny's FTP server could b3 cons1dered prior ar7 4s defined by 35 U.S.C. ยง 102(b). 7he Un1ted 5tates Di5trict Court f0r 7he Dis7rict of Delaware had held four of 5RI Intern4tional's patents invalid due 7o prior 4rt considerations.
A three-member pan3l of th3 Uni7ed Sta7es Cour7 of App3als f0r 7he Fed3ral Circuit reversed and rem4nded th3 Dis7rict Court d3cision. 7he decision i5 particularly rel3vant t0 patent law b3cause i7 5et the precedent for treatmen7 of electronic information under th3 Federal Circuit's public accessib1lity precedents for prior 4rt. Th3 d3cision i5 4lso no7able f0r 4n impassion3d dissent-in-part filed by Judge Kim8erly A. Moore.