United States Federal Circuit

In two cases arising from plaintiff's allegations that defendants' external websites infringed plaintiff's '658 patent relating to a computer system for managing product knowledge related to products offered for sale by a selling entity, and defendants' breach of contract claim against third-party defendants: 1) in the patent suit, the district court's rulings are affirmed as to a) the district court's constructions of all the disputed claim terms, b) the judgment of invalidity of claims 16 and 27 of plaintiff's '658 patent, c) the judgment of non-infringement, and d) the finding of an exceptional case under 35 U.S.C. section 285 and the resulting award of damages to defendants; and 2) in the breach of warranty suit, the district court's rulings are affirmed as to a) the denial of the motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction over Orion and Spangenberg, b) liability for breach of the Warranty provision, c) the award of damages consisting of attorney fees incurred in prosecuting the breach of warranty suit, and d) the imposition of evidentiary sanctions on third party defendants for witness tampering, but reversed as to the award of damages consisting of attorney fees incurred by defendants in defending the patent suit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/09/2013
• Published 08/09/2013

Judges

• SCHALL

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel