Legal Opinion
Arthur A. Collins, Inc. v. Northern Telecom Limited and Northern Telecom, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 16, 2000No. 99-1400PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
Arthur A. Collins, Inc., (Collins) owns U.S. patents for inventions in the field of networking and switching systems for digital telecommunications. Patent No. 4,701,-907 (the ’907 patent) claims a structure that synchronizes communications within a network. Patent No. 4,797,589 (the ’589 patent) claims a structure that dynamically switches selected communication channels at a network node while allowing unselected channels to bypass the node. Both patents tout numerous advantages of the claimed inventions, particularly when used in a network employing fiber-optic…
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