United States Federal Circuit

In a patent infringement action involving competitors in the market for relatively inexpensive and lightweight cervical traction devices, summary judgment of noninfringement is reversed where the district court's claim construction was erroneous.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2007
• Published 06/27/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William L. Roberts, Faegre & Benson LLP, of Minneapolis, MN, argued for plaintiff-appellant.   With him on the brief were Calvin L. Litsey, Chad Drown, and Timothy E. Grimsrud.   Of counsel on the brief was Kenneth C. Bass, III, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC, of Washington, DC.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ahmed J. Davis, Fish & Richardson P.C., of Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellees.   With him on the brief were Ruffin B. Cordell and Richard A. Sterba.