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Intrinsic evidence supported pre-Phillips claim construction; finding of noninfringement affirmed

By McKee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C.

In a decision yesterday, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court's finding of noninfringement.  The only disputed issue was one of claim construction.  Although the district court issued its claim construction ruling before the Federal Circuit's Phillips decision and relied exclusively on a definition from a technical dictionary for its construction of the relevant term, the Federal Circuit still upheld the finding of noninfringement.  The Federal Circuit, applying a full Phillips claim construction analysis, held the district court's construction was correct, and as a result, the finding of noninfringement was proper.

More detail of Mangosoft, Inc. v. Oracle Corp., after the jump.  

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Full post as published by FileWrapper on May 15, 2008 (boomark / email).