Legal Opinion
Contessa Food Products, Inc. v. Conagra, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 13, 2002No. 01-1157PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINN, Circuit Judge.
Conagra, Inc., Meridian Seafood Products, Inc., and Ocean Duke Corporation (collectively, “Conagra”) appeal the district court’s decision granting Contessa Food Products, Inc. (“Contessa”)’s motion for partial summary judgment of infringement of Contessa’s design patent of a serving tray with shrimp. Because the district court improperly applied the “ordinary observer” test by limiting its analysis of infringement to the time of sale and not fully considering the underside of the tray illustrated in Figure 4 of the '612 patent, we vacate and remand for further proceedings.
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