Legal Opinion
Eaton Corporation v. Rockwell International Corporation and Meritor Automotive Incorporated (Now Known as Arvin-Meritor, Inc.)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 12, 2003No. 01-1633, 02-1034 and 02-1206PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROST, Circuit Judge.
Rockwell International Corporation and ArvinMeritor, Inc., formerly known as Meritor Automotive Incorporated, (collectively, “Meritor”) appeal from the final judgment and entry of permanent injunction by the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in favor of Eaton Corporation (“Eaton”) after a jury returned a verdict of patent infringement by Meritor. Because we disagree with the district court’s claim construction, we reverse-in-part, vacate-in-part, and affirm-in-part, as described more fully in this opinion.
BACKGROUND
Eaton and Meritor are competitors…
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