Legal Opinion
Storage Technology Corporation (Doing Business as Storagetek) v. Custom Hardware Engineering & Consulting, Inc., and David York
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 24, 2005No. 04-1462PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BRYSON.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge RADER.
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
Storage Technology Corporation (“Sto-rageTek”) manufactures automated tape cartridge libraries that can store massive amounts of computer data. The cartridge libraries consist of Library Storage Modules, or “silos,” that contain numerous tape cartridges, tape drives for reading the cartridges, and a robot arm for moving the cartridges. Connected to each silo is a Library Control Unit that controls the robotic mechanisms in the silo and monitors their progress. The…
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