United States Federal Circuit

In a patent dispute concerning cellular communication equipment, denial of plaintiff's motion for judgment as a matter of law is reversed and the district court is instructed to enter a judgment of noninfringement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/05/2005
• Published 08/05/2005

Judges

• Before CLEVENGER, GAJARSA, and PROST, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Henry C. Bunsow, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, of San Francisco, California, argued for plaintiff-cross appellant.   With him on the brief were Robert C. Laurenson, of Irvine, California, and Denise M. De Mory, of San Francisco, California.   Of counsel on the brief were Raphael V. Lupo, Brian E. Ferguson and Natalia V. Blinkova, McDermott, Will & Emery, of Washington, DC;  and Brett C. Govett, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., of Dallas, Texas.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald R. Dunner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellant.   On the brief were Douglas A. Cawley, Mike McKool, Jr. and Theodore Stevenson, III, McKool Smith, P.C., of Dallas, Texas, and Kevin Burgess, of Austin, Texas.   Of counsel on the brief were Don O. Burley, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., of Washington, DC, and Scott A. Herbst and Erik R. Puknys, of Palo Alto, California;  and Monte M. Bond, Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, L.L.P., of Alexandria, Virginia.