Legal Opinion
Dippin' Dots v. Mosey v. Esty, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 9, 2007No. 2005-1330, 2005-1582PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
This is a patent infringement and antitrust case dealing with a unique ice cream product. Plaintiffs Dippin’ Dots, Inc. and Curt D. Jones (collectively “DDI”) appeal from the district court’s claim construction and summary judgment of noninfringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,126,156 (“the '156 patent”) and from the judgment following jury trial that all claims of that patent are obvious, that the patent is unenforceable due to inequitable conduct during prosecution, and that DDI violated the antitrust laws by asserting a patent that had been procured through fraud on the…
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