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Hitkansut LLC v. United States

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided May 11, 2016No. 12-303CPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Patent case; pre-trial motions in limine

OPINION AND ORDER

Charles F. Lettow, Judge

Pending before the court in this patent case are six motions in limine filed by plaintiffs (“Hitkansut”) and one motion in limine filed by the United States (“government”), each seeking to exclude evidence from the trial scheduled to begin May 23, 2016. The motions have been fully briefed, and oral argument is unnecessary to their resolution.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs (collectively “Hitkansut”) assert that their licensor, Ms. Donna Walker, invented

a unique method for improving the mechanical and physical properties of…

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