Legal Opinion

Epistar Corp. v. International Trade Commission

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided May 22, 2009No. 2007-1457PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RADER, Circuit Judge.

The United States International Trade Commission (“ITC” or “Commission”) found that Epistar Corporation (“Epistar”) infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,008,718 (“the '718 patent”). In reaching this determination, the Commission estopped Epistar from challenging the validity of the '718 patent. The Commission also construed the claim terms “transparent window lay er” and “substrate” of claims 1 and 6. After finding infringement, the Commission issued a limited exclusion order (“LEO”) prohibiting the importation of Epistar’s downstream light emitting diode (“LED”) products,…

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