Legal Opinion
Ecolab, Inc. v. FMC Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 9, 2009No. 2008-1228, 2008-1252PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
In this patent infringement case, Ecolab, Inc. appeals and FMC Corporation cross appeals from the final judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, which was based on the jury’s verdict that: Ecolab infringed specified claims of FMC’s U.S. Patent No. 5,632,676 (“the '676 patent”); FMC willfully infringed specified claims of two patents asserted by Ecolab — U.S. Patent Nos. 6,010,729 (“the '729 patent”) and 6,113,963 (“the '963 patent”); and specified claims of each patent asserted by Ecolab are invalid as anticipated or obvious. We find…
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