Legal Opinion
Trustees of Boston University v. Everlight Electronics Co.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 25, 2018No. 2016-2576; 2016-2577; 2016-2578; 2016-2579; 2016-2580; 2016-2581; 2016-2582; 2016-2591; 2016-2592; 2016-2593; 2016-2594; 2016-2595PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Prost, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff-cross-appellant Trustees of Boston University ("BU") sued defendants-appellants Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. and Everlight Americas, Inc. (together, "Everlight"); Epistar Corp. ("Epistar"); Lite-On Inc., Lite-On Service USA, Inc., Lite-On Technology Corp., and Lite-On Trading USA, Inc. (together, "Lite-On") (collectively, "Defendants") for infringing BU's U.S. Patent No. 5,686,738 (the " '738 patent"). A jury found that Defendants infringed the '738 patent and failed to prove the patent's invalidity.
Defendants then renewed their motion for judgment as a matter…
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