Legal Opinion
Dawn Equipment Co. v. Kentucky Farms Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 24, 1998No. 97-1042PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge PLAGER. Additional views filed by Circuit Judges PLAGER, NEWMAN, and MICHEL.
PLAGER, Circuit Judge.
In this patent infringement case, the jury determined that the accused device, although not literally infringing, infringed under the doctrine of equivalents. The trial judge gave judgment accordingly, and denied defendant’s motion for judgment as a matter of law (“JMOL”). Because on these facts no reasonable jury could have found infringement, we reverse the denial of defendant’s motion for JMOL and order judgment for the defendant.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff…
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