Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Miracle Optics, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Aspex Eyewear, Inc. and Contour Optik, Inc. appeal from the decision of the United States District Court for the Central District of California dismissing their action against Miracle Optics, Inc. and Viva Op-tique, Inc. on the ground that neither As-pex nor Contour had standing to sue for infringement of U.S. Patent 6,109,747. 1 Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Miracle Optics, Inc., No. 01-10396 (C.D.Cal. Feb.6, 2004) (“Decision ”). Because we conclude that Contour was the owner of the ’747 patent when the original complaint was filed, and thus it had standing to sue in this…
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