Prosecution History Requires Certain Method Steps be Performed in Order
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View ArticleIntrinsic Evidence Controls Claim Construction
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View ArticlePlaintiff’s strategy decisions “hoist [it] with his own petard”
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View ArticlePreliminary Injunction Does Not Apply to Redesigns as Long as They are Not...
Scholle Corp. v. Rapak LLC, No. 13 C 3976, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jul. 24, 2014) (Kendall, J.). Judge Kendall ruled on numerous motions filed after the Court granted a preliminary injunction in this...
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Vehicle Intelligence & Safety LLC v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, No. 13 C 4417, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 18, 2014) (Hart, Sen. J.). Judge Hart construed the claims of plaintiff’s patent to methods for...
View ArticleTrading Technologies: Federal Circuit Claim Constructions are Binding
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View ArticleDistrict Court Claim Constructions Not Controlling
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View ArticleOrdinary Meaning Relied Upon When the Patent Does Not Require More than That
Sonix Tech. Co., Ltd. V. Pubs. Int’l, Ltd., No. 13 C 2082, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 30, 2014) (St. Eve, J.). Judge St. Eve construed the disputed terms of the patent in suit in this case regarding...
View ArticleClarified Claim Construction Precludes Summary Judgment
Trading Techs. Int’l, Inc. v. CQG, Inc., No. 05 C 4811, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Dec. 22, 2014) (Coleman, J.). Judge Coleman denied defendants’ (collectively “CQG” motion for summary judgment of...
View ArticleCourt Looks to Ordinary Meaning to Construe Patent Claims
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Kolcraft Enters., Inc. v. Chicco USA, Inc., No. 09 C 3339, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 2, 2016) (Chang, J.). Judge Chang construed the claims in this patent case involving play gyms and play yards for...
View ArticleExpert Claim Constructions of Unconstrued Claims Excluded
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View ArticleClaim Language Disavowal Must be Clear & Definitive
Green Pet Shop Enterprises, LLC v. Maze Innovations, Inc., No. 15 C 1138, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Dec. 28, 2016) (Kennelly, J.). Judge Kennelly construed the disputed terms of plaintiff Green Pet Shop’s...
View ArticleCourt Construes Key Terms in Mini-Markman
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View ArticleTerms Susceptible to Their Ordinary Meaning are Not Means Plus Function
Kolcraft Enters., Inc. v. Artsana USA, Inc. d/b/a Chico USA, Inc., No. 13 C 4863, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Nov. 14, 2017) (Ellis, J.). Judge Ellis construed the claims in this patent dispute involving...
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The Medicines Co. v. Mylan Inc., No. 11 C 1285, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jun. 28, 2017) (St. Eve, J.). Judge St. Eve granted defendants’ motion to amend the Court’s Amended Final Judgment in light of a...
View ArticleTerms Susceptible to Their Ordinary Meaning are Not Means Plus Function
Kolcraft Enters., Inc. v. Artsana USA, Inc. d/b/a Chico USA, Inc., No. 13 C 4863, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Nov. 14, 2017) (Ellis, J.). Judge Ellis construed the claims in this patent dispute involving...
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Kolcraft Enters., Inc. v. Chicco USA, Inc., No. 09 C 3339, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Apr. 13, 2018) (Chang, J.). Judge Chang construed claims in this patent dispute involving infant play gyms for a second...
View ArticleSign-in-Wrap Did Not Create Personal Jurisdiction
TopstepTrader, LLC v. OneUp Trader, LLC, No. 17 C 4412, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Apr. 18, 2018) (Leinenweber, J.). Judge Leinenweber granted in part defendant OneUp Trader’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion...
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