Legal Opinion

Advanced Fiber Technologies (AFT) Trust v. J & L Fiber Services, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided April 3, 2012No. 2011-1243PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge LOURIE.

Opinion dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge DYK.

LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Advanced Fiber Technologies (AFT) Trust (“AFT”) appeals from the district court’s construction of certain claim terms and its grant of summary judgment of noninfringement and lack of -willfulness in favor of J & L Fiber Services, Inc. (“J & L”). We affirm the grant of summary judgment on -willfulness. Because the district court erred in its interpretation of a term in its claim construction, however, we reverse the grant of summary judgment of noninfringement and…

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