United States Federal Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant of noninfringement and dismissal of a party as a party plaintiff for lack of standing are affirmed in a dispute involving a patent that claimed an apparatus used with dental implants where the district court did not err in finding that defendant's devices were noninfringing, either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/20/2006
• Published 03/20/2006

Judges

• BRYSON, Circuit Judge., Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, BRYSON, and GAJARSA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frank P. Porcelli, Fish & Richardson P.C., of Boston, Massachusetts, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.   With him on the brief were Charles Hieken and Thomas A. Brown.   Of counsel were Colter Paulson, Fish & Richardson P.C., of Boston, Massachusetts;  and Berj A. Terzian, of Newbury, Massachusetts.


• For Appellees:
  
• Milton Sherman, Kaye Scholer LLP, of New York, New York, argued for defendants-appellees.   Of counsel was Stephen J. Elliott.