Legal Opinion
Sunrise Technologies, Inc. v. Cimcon Lighting, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 22, 2017No. Civil Action No. 15-11545-NMGPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
GORTON, J.
Plaintiff Sunrise Technologies, Inc. (“plaintiff”) alleges defendant Cimcon Lighting, Inc. (“defendant”) is liable for direct, contributory, induced and willful infringement of one of its patents for a system of communication combining devices that monitor local parameters with a mesh network of wirelessly linked communication nodes mounted on top of utility poles.
The Court held a Markman hearing on November 20, 2017, during which the parties presented tutorials on the subject technology and disputed the meaning of five groups of terms that comprise nine claim…
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