Legal Opinion
S3 Incorporated, (Now Known as Sonicblue, Inc.) v. Nvidia Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 3, 2001No. 00-1257PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
S3 Incorporated, now known as SONIC-blue, Inc. (herein “S3”), appeals the grant of summary judgment by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California,1 holding claims 1-4 and 9-11 of S3’s United States Patent No. 5,581,279 invalid on the ground of claim indefiniteness. We conclude that the claims are not invalid on this ground. The judgment is reversed and the case is remanded for further proceedings.
*1366BACKGROUND
The patented invention is an integrated circuit for use in computer video color display. The basic technology of video color…
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