United States Federal Circuit
Gen. Protecht Group, Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 09-1378
The International Trade Commission's determination that the importation into the United States of certain ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCI) violated section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, in issuing limited exclusion orders against the importation of GFCI products from the petitioners and judgment finding that these products infringe the '340 patent is affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded where: 1) GPG's 2003 and 2006 FCIs and ELE's 2006 GFCIs do not infringe the '340 patent, because they do not have a "detection circuit" as claimed in the patent; 2) Trimone's 2006 GFCIs and ELE's 2006 GFCIs do not infringe the '340 patent because the "load terminals" of the patent do not include receptacle outlets; 3) GPG's 2006 GFCIs do not infringe the '398 patent because GPG performs the function of the "latching means" in a substantially different way than the structure disclosed in the patent; and 4) the Commission's determination is affirmed in all other respects.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/27/2010
- Published 08/27/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Federal Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- William F. Long, Paul M. Bartkowski