Legal Opinion
Mintz v. Dietz & Watson, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 30, 2012No. 2010-1341PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Chief Judge.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted Package Concepts & Materials, Inc.’s (“PCM”) motion for summary judgment on invalidity and non-infringement against Neil Mintz, Marcus Mintz, and Jif-Pak Manufacturing, Inc. (collectively, “Mintz”). This court affirms the non-infringement determination and vacates the invalidity holding with a remand to the district court for further proceedings.
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Marcus and Neil Mintz appear as co-inventors on U.S. Patent No. 5,413,148 (filed Jan. 6, 1994) (“the '148 patent”). The '148 patent claims a casing…
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