United States Federal Circuit
Cummins, Inc. v. TAS Distrib. Co., Inc., 10-1134
In a patent dispute related to idle-control technologies for heavy-duty truck engines, district court's grant of a summary judgment in favor of the defendant on plaintiff's declaratory judgment suit is affirmed where res judicata bars plaintiff's defenses under 35 U.S.C. section 102 and 103, because the claims regarding invalidity and unenforceability of the patents could have been pursued in prior litigation, which featured the same parties, arose from the same group of operative facts, and resulted in a final resolution on the merits.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/05/2012
- Published 12/05/2012
Judges
- Reyna
Court
- United States Federal Circuit