United States Federal Circuit

In plaintiff's patent infringement suit against Hyundai and other automakers related to a method for assisting a salesperson in selecting appropriate parts corresponding to a customer's particularized need using a computerized system, district court's ruling of no unenforceability for inequitable conduct and denial of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law and a new trial are affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded where: 1) district court's judgment that claims 1,7,and 8 are valid is reversed as these claims are anticipated as a matter of law, and no new trial is warranted; and 2) district court's ruling that the '627 patent is not unenforceable due to inequitable conduct is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/17/2010
• Published 05/17/2010

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• United States Federal Circuit

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