Legal Opinion

Brookhill-Wilk 1, L.L.C. v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided November 8, 2001No. 00 CIV. 6599(NRB)PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BUCHWALD, District Judge.

Plaintiff Brookhill-Wilk 1, LLC (“Brookhill”) brings this suit against Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (“Intuitive”) for patent infringement. Following discovery, Intuitive moved before the Court for summary adjudication of the meaning of potentially dispositive claim language from the patent at issue, U.S. Patent No. 5,217,003 (the “’003 patent”). Intuitive also moved for summary judgment of invalidity of the ’003 patent.

Herein, we construe, as a matter of law, the meaning of the relevant language used in the ’003 patent. Our interpretation of the ’003…

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Brookhill-Wilk 1, LLC v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2003
  2. Brookhill-Wilk 1, LLC v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2003
  3. Chiron Corp. v. Genentech, Inc.District Court, E.D. California · 2002
  4. Brookhill-Wilk 1, LLC v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2002

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