Legal Opinion
Biotec Biologische Naturverpackungen Gmbh & Co. Kg, Plaintiff-Cross v. Biocorp, Inc. And Novamont, S.P.A.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 14, 2001No. 99-1578, 00-1093 and 00-1094PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Biocorp, Inc. and Novamont S.p.A. (together “defendants”) appeal the judgment of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, 1 entered upon a jury verdict that certain biodegradable starch-based products infringe United States Patents Nos. 5,362,777 (the '777 patent) and 5,280,055 (the '055 patent). The patents are owned by Biotec Biolo-gische Naturverpackungen GmbH, and cover certain inventions of Dr. Ivan Tomka relating to a product called “thermoplasti-cally processable starch” (TPS). According to these inventions starch such as…
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