United States Federal Circuit
Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Texas Sys. v. BENQ Am. Corp., 2007-1388
In an infringement suit over a patent on a system for recognizing words entered on a standard touch-tone telephone keypad, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the district court properly construed claim terms involving "syllabic elements"; and 2) based on those constructions, no genuine issues of material fact existed on the question of infringement.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/24/2008
- Published 07/24/2008
Judges
- PROST, Circuit Judge., Before DYK and PROST, Circuit Judges, and HOCHBERG, District Judge.
Court
- United States Federal Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Jeffrey R. Bragalone, Shore Chan Bragalone LLP, of Dallas, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were Michael W. Shore, Alfonso Garcia Chan, and Jennifer M. Rynell.
- For Appellees:
- Charles K. Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, of San Francisco, CA, argued for all defendants-appellees. With him on the brief for BENQ America Corp., et al., were Kevin A. Smith and Jennifer A. Kash., Sharon A. Israel, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, LLP, of Houston, TX, for defendant-appellee Kyocera Wireless Corp. With her on the brief were Brandon Baum and Joshua M. Masur, of Palo Alto, California.