Legal Opinion
HTC CORP. v. IPCom GmbH & Co., KG
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 30, 2012No. 2011-1004PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’MALLEY, Circuit Judge.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc.’s (“HTC”) motion for summary judgment of invalidity of claims 1 and 18 of U.S. Patent No. 6,879,830, owned by IPCom GmbH & Co., KG (“IP-Com”). The district court concluded that those claims were indefinite because they claimed both an apparatus and method steps. We reverse the district court’s judgment because the district court misconstrued the claims, which cover only an apparatus.
As an alternative basis for invalidating claims 1 and 18, HTC argues that the claims are…
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