Legal Opinion
Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Zenni Optical Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 19, 2013No. 2012-1318PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Contour Optik, Inc., a company of Taiwan, and sublicensee Aspex Eyewear, Inc. (collectively “Aspex”) sued Zenni Optical, LLC for infringement of several United States patents for magnetic clip-on eyew-ear such as sunglasses. The district court held that Aspex is collaterally estopped from pursuing this suit, based on earlier litigation between Aspex and Altair Eyew-ear, Inc. for infringement of the same patents; decisions reported at Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Altair Eyewear, Inc., 386 F.Supp.2d 526 (S.D.N.Y.2005) (Altair I) (claim construction); Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v.…
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