United States Federal Circuit
SiRF Tech., Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 09-1262
Decision of the International Trade Commission's finding that defendants violated section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 through the unlawful importation, sale for importation, and sale after importation of certain Global Positioning System devices and products containing these devices that infringe certain patents owned by Global Locate, Inc. is affirmed where: 1) there is substantial evidence to support the Commission's finding that Global Locate had standing to assert the '346 patent; and 2) the Commission did not err in concluding that SiRF directly infringes claims 1 and 2 of the '651 patent and claims 1, 2, and 5 of the '000 patent; and 3) the claims at issue are properly directed to patentable subject matter as they explicitly require the use of a GPS receiver and could not be performed without the use of such a receiver.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/12/2010
- Published 04/12/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Federal Circuit