United States Federal Circuit

In a patent infringement action relating to computer networking systems and methods that provide shared memory systems and services, summary judgment for defendant-Oracle is affirmed where the district court correctly construed the disputed claim term "local" to mean a "computer device that is directly attached to a single computer's processor."

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/14/2008
• Published 05/14/2008

Judges

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

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald R. Dunner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.   With him on the brief were Don O. Burley;  and Erik R. Puknys, of Palo Alto, CA. Of counsel on the brief were Paul J. Hayes and Robert R. Gilman, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C., of Boston, MA.


• For Appellees:
  
• Matthew D. Powers, Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP, of Redwood Shores, CA, argued for defendant-appellee.   With him on the brief was Douglas E. Lumish.   Of counsel were Paul T. Ehrlich and Leeron G. Kalay.