United States Federal Circuit

A judgment holding defendants liable for patent infringement involving a single copy book manufacturing system and method is reversed where the jury verdict of infringement was based on a partly incorrect claim construction, and on the correct construction a reasonable jury could not find the patent to be infringed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/31/2006
• Published 03/31/2006

Judges

• NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before NEWMAN, MAYER, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William Bush Cunningham, Jr., Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi, L.C., of St. Louis, Missouri, argued for plaintiff-cross appellant.   With him on the brief was McPherson D. Moore.   Of counsel on the brief was David B.B. Helfrey, Helfrey, Simon & Jones, P.C., of Clayton, Missouri.


• For Appellees:
  
• William K. West, Jr., Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellants.   With him on the brief were David W. Long, Pamela S. Kane and Jim W. Ko. Of counsel on the brief were Keith A. Rabenberg and Jennifer E. Hoekel, Senniger Powers, of St. Louis, Missouri.