Legal Opinion

Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. Rea

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided April 11, 2013No. 1:12cv687 (LMB/TRJ)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LEONIE M. BRINKEMA, District Judge.

In this civil action brought pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 145, plaintiff Disney Enterprises, Inc. (“Disney”) seeks a judgment that it is entitled to a reissue of U.S. Patent No. 5,963,915 (“the '915 patent”) covering the pending claims in United States Reissue Patent Application 09/970,-772 (“the '772 application”), all of which were rejected as obvious by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) after extensive administrative proceedings. A one-day bench trial was held, during which the only witnesses were two experts, one…

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