United States Federal Circuit

In this patent infringement action, judgment and award in favor of plaintiffs is: 1) affirmed as to the jury's finding that none of the asserted claims were invalid and that many of the asserted claims of the '135 and '151 patents were infringed; 2) affirmed as to the district court's exclusion of evidence relating to the reexamination of the patents-in-suit; 3) reversed as to the jury's finding that defendant-Apple's VPN On Demand product infringes claim 1 of the '151 product under the doctrine of equivalents; 4) reversed as to the construction of the claim term "secure communication link" and remanded for further proceedings to determine whether Apple's FaceTime feature infringes plaintiff's' patents under the correct claim construction; and 5) vacated as to the jury's damages award.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/16/2014
• Published 09/16/2014

Judges

• Prost

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel