Legal Opinion
John D. Watts v. Xl Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 14, 2000No. 99-1526PublishedCited by 190 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINN, Circuit Judge.
John D. Watts seeks review of a final decision of the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. See Watts v. XL Systems, Inc., No. 97-CV-261 (E.D.Tex. July 15, 1999). The district court held on summary judgment that claims 2 and 18 of U.S. Patent No. 4,813,717 (“ ’717 patent”) and claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 5,143,411 (“ ’411 patent”) were written in means- plus-function format and were not infringed by the products of XL Systems, Inc. (“XL”). See Watts, slip op. at 3-5. In light of this holding, the district court declined to address XL’s alternative argument of…
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