United States Federal Circuit

In a patent case involving design patents for medical label sheets, grant of a preliminary injunction for plaintiff is vacated where defendant raised a substantial question of the validity of the two patents at issue, and thus, the district court abused its discretion by granting plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/17/2006
• Published 11/17/2006

Judges

• PROST, Circuit Judge., Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, DYK, and PROST, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Lea Hall Speed, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., of Memphis, TN, argued for plaintiff-appellee.   With her on the brief was W. Edward Ramage, of Nashville, TN., Robert A. Schroeder, Bingham McCutchen LLP, of Los Angeles, CA, argued for defendant-appellant.   With him on the brief were Jennifer M. Phelps and Robert C. Horton.