Legal Opinion
Baseload Energy, Inc. v. Roberts
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 9, 2010No. 2010-1053PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Baseload Energy, Inc. (“Baseload”) sought a declaratory judgment that U.S. Patent No. 6,781,254 (“the '254 patent”) owned by Bryan W. Roberts (“Roberts”) was invalid and unenforceable. On summary judgment, the district court held that the terms of a 2008 Settlement Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) barred “all claims between the parties,” including the present action. See Baseload, Energy, Inc. v. Roberts, 654 F.Supp.2d 21, 27 (D.D.C.2009). We reverse, because we conclude that the language of the Settlement Agreement did not release either claims of infringement of the…
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