Legal Opinion
Southwest Software, Inc., Plaintiff-Cross v. Harlequin Incorporated, Harlequin Limited, and Ecrm Trust
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 18, 2000No. 99-1213, 99-1214PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHALL, Circuit Judge.
Harlequin Incorporated and Harlequin Limited (collectively “Harlequin”) and ECRM Trust (“ECRM”) appeal from the judgment of patent infringement entered against them in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The judgment was entered upon a jury verdict. The jury found that: (1) claim 1 of Southwest Software, Inc.’s (“Southwest’s”) reexamined U.S. Patent No. B1 5,170,257 (the “ ’257 patent”) is not invalid; (2) claim 1 of the ’257 patent was directly infringed by Harlequin and ECRM, both literally and under the doctrine of equivalents; and (3)…
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