Legal Opinion
Digital Biometrics, Inc. v. Identix, Inc. And Randall C. Fowler
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 2, 1998No. 97-1208PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PLAGER, Circuit Judge.
Digital Biometrics, Inc. (“DBI”) brought suit against Identix and Randall Fowler for patent infringement, both literal and under the doctrine of equivalents, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The district court granted Identix’s motion for summary judgment of non-infringement. See Digital Biometrics, Inc. v. Identix, Inc., No. C 95-01808 CW, 1996 WL 784567 (N.D.Cal. Dec. 16, 1996). DBI appeals. We affirm the district court’s judgment of non-infringement.
A. BACKGROUND
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The present suit involves U.S. Pat. No. 4,933,976 (the ’976…
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