United States Federal Circuit

A judgment finding that defendant's commercial product infringed a patent involving a tissue graft composition and that individuals willfully induced defendant to infringe is reversed where the district court erred in its claim construction and because, under the correct construction, there was no material factual dispute that defendant's product cannot infringe certain patent claims literally or under the doctrine of equivalents.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/18/2006
• Published 08/18/2006

Judges

• PROST, Circuit Judge., Before NEWMAN, LOURIE, and PROST, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel J. Lueders, Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLP, of Indianapolis, Indiana, argued for plaintiff-cross appellant, Cook Biotech Incorporated.   With him on the brief was Holiday W. Banta., William P. Kealey, Stuart & Branigin LLP, of Lafayette, Indiana, argued for plaintiff-cross appellant, Purdue Research Foundation.


• For Appellees:
  
• J. Alan Galbraith, Williams & Connolly LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellants.   With him on the brief were Thomas H.L. Selby, Shruti Rana, and Jessamyn S. Berniker.