United States Federal Circuit

Orders granting summary judgment, denying prejudgment interest, and reducing a jury's award of damages in a contract, patent, and trademark case involving a type of catheter are affirmed in part, and vacated in part where the district court misapplied the doctrine first set forth by Lear, Inc. v. Adkins, 395 U.S. 653 (1969), in reducing the damages for defendant's breach of contract.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/27/2006
• Published 10/27/2006

Judges

• MICHEL, Chief Judge., Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge, and LINN, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patrick J. Flinn, Alston & Bird, LLP, of Atlanta, GA, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.   With him on the brief were Robin L. McGrath, Angela Payne James and Andrew J. Wilson.


• For Appellees:
  
• William K. West, Jr., Howrey LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-cross appellant Inmed Corporation.   Of counsel on the brief were Juliana M. Cofrancesco, Susan M. Kayser and Jim W. Ko., Ron L. Quigley, Davis, Matthews & Quigley, P.C., of Atlanta, GA, argued for defendant-cross appellant Alpine Medical, Inc. Of counsel was Charles E. Campbell, McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, of Atlanta, GA.