Legal Opinion
Geo M. Martin Co. v. Alliance MacHine Systems International LLC
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 20, 2010No. 2009-1132, 2009-1151PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Chief Judge.
Following a trial for patent infringement that resulted in a hung jury, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled as a matter of law that U.S. Patent No. 6,655,566 (the “'566 patent”) would have been obvious at the time of invention. Geo. M. Martin Co. v. Alliance Mach. Sys. Int'l LLC, 634 F.Supp.2d 1024 (2008) (JMOL Opinion). Because the record supports the trial court’s judgment, this court affirms.
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A “bundle breaker” is a machine used to separate stacked sheets of corrugated board. The '566 patent claims an improvement over the…
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