Legal Opinion
Phg Technologies, LLC v. St. John Companies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 17, 2006No. 06-1169PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROST, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant, St. John Companies, Inc. (“St.John”), appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granting a preliminary injunction in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee, PHG Technologies, L.L.C. (“PHG”). Because we find that St. John has raised a substantial question of the validity of the two patents at issue, the district court abused its discretion by granting PHG’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Therefore, we vacate the preliminary injunction.
I. BACKGROUND
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