Legal Opinion
Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchon Eyewear, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 14, 2012No. 2011-1147PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
Aspex Eyewear, Inc., is the owner of U.S. Patent No. RE37,545 (“the '545 patent”). That patent, which is entitled “Auxiliary Lenses for Eyeglasses,” is directed to magnetic clip-on eyewear. It discloses primary eyeglass frames designed so that auxiliary frames, typically containing sun-glass lenses, can be attached to the primary frames by magnetic force. The '545 patent claims the combination of an auxiliary frame magnetically secured to a primary frame (claims 1-21 and 25-84), a primary frame capable of magnetically engaging an auxiliary frame (claim 22), and an…
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