Legal Opinion
Afg Industries, Inc. And Asahi Glass Company, Ltd. v. Cardinal Ig Company, Inc., and Andersen Windows, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 13, 2004No. 03-1078PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
On ■\ summary judgment, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee ruled that Cardinal IG Co. (Cardinal) did not infringe U.S. Patent No. 4,859,532. AFG Indus., Inc. v. Cardinal IG Co., No. 2:96-CV-244 (E.D.Tenn. Oct. 1, 2002). Because the district court erred in granting summary judgment of noninfringement, this court vacates and remands.
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This litigation began in 1996, when AFG Industries, Inc. and Asahi Glass Co. (collectively, AFG) sued Cardinal and Andersen Windows, Inc.1 for infringing the '532 patent. The '532 pátent claims a glass window…
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