Legal Opinion
United Access Technologies, LLC v. Centurytel Broadband Services LLC
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 12, 2015No. 2014-1347PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal by a patent owner requires us to address the collateral estoppel effects of a general jury verdict in a prior action involving the same patents’. The district court held that the jury’s verdict against the patentee in the prior action was entitled to collateral estoppel effect in this proceeding. We reverse.
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Plaintiff-appellant United Access Technologies, LLC (“United”), is the owner of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,844,596; 6,243,446; and 6,542,585. The asserted claims of the three patents recite systems for using a landline telephone connection for both voice…
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