Legal Opinion
Crater Corporation v. Lucent Technologies, Inc. And American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 6, 2001No. 18-1257PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHALL, Circuit Judge.
Crater Corporation (“Crater”) sued Lu-cent Technologies, Inc. and American Telephone and Telegraph Company (collectively, “Lucent”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri alleging that Lucent infringed Crater’s U.S. Patent No. 5,286,129 (the “‘129 patent”). The ‘129 patent is directed to an underwater coupling device (the “Crater coupler”). Crater also alleged state-law claims against Lucent for breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets. Lucent moved to dismiss Crater’s complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction…
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