Legal Opinion

Soverain Software LLC v. Victoria's Secret Direct Brand Management, LLC

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided February 12, 2015No. 2012-1649, 2012-1650PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DYK, Circuit Judge.

Victoria’s Secret Direct Brand Management, LLC (“Victoria’s Secret”) and Avon Products, Inc. (“Avon”) (collectively, “defendants”) appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The district court found that defendants infringed claims 34 and 51 of U.S. Patent No. 5,715,314 (the “'314 patent”) and claims 15, 17, and 39 of U.S. Patent No. 5,909,492 (the “'492 patent”) and that those claims were not invalid.

After the district court’s judgment, this court decided Soverain Software LLC v. Newegg Inc., 705 F.3d 1333 (Fed.Cir.2013), amended on…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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