United States Federal Circuit

In a patent dispute concerning improvements to searching relational databases, the district court erred in its finding of non-infringement under the doctrine of equivalents.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/06/2005
• Published 01/06/2005

Judges

• RADER, Circuit Judge., Before RADER, SCHALL, and PROST, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel J. Furniss, Townsend and Townsend and Crew, LLP, of Palo Alto, California, argued for plaintiff-appellant.   Of counsel on the brief were Joseph A. Greco and Gregory S. Bishop.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter E. Moll, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee.   With him on the brief were James F. Valentine and Matthew E. Hocker of Menlo Park, California;  and Richard L. Stanley of Houston, Texas.