United States Federal Circuit

Award of damages and attorney's fees for plaintiffs, and denial of defendant's motions for judgment as a matter of law following a jury verdict are affirmed as to findings of literal infringement, willfulness, and indirect infringement involving a patent on certain networking systems.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/09/2006
• Published 01/09/2006

Judges

• Before RADER, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and DYK, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert J. Gunther, Jr., Latham & Watkins LLP, of New York, New York, argued for plaintiff-cross appellant.   With him on the brief were David A. Nelson and Israel Sasha Mayergoyz, of Chicago, Illinois.   Of counsel was Mary B. Graham, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnel, of Wilmington, Delaware.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven M. Bauer, Proskauer Rose LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, argued for defendant-appellant.   On the brief were Robert E. Hillman, Lawrence K. Kolodney, and Steven Katz, Fish & Richardson P.C., of Boston, Massachusetts.