Legal Opinion
Blackbird Tech LLC v. Elb Electronics, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 16, 2018No. 2017-1703PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge Reyna.
Moore, Circuit Judge.
Blackbird Tech LLC ("Blackbird") appeals the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware's entry of judgment of noninfringement of claim 12 of U.S. Patent No. 7,086,747 ("'747 patent") based on its construction of "attachment surface." Because the court erred in construing "attachment surface," we vacate and remand.
BACKGROUND
Blackbird owns the '747 patent, which is directed to energy efficient lighting apparatuses. '747 patent at Abstract, 2:24-3:16. One embodiment, illustrated in Figure 5 below, discloses retrofitting…
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