Legal Opinion
Avid Technology, Inc. v. Harmonic, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 29, 2016No. 2015-1246PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TARANTO, Circuit Judge.
The jury in this case found that Harmonic, Inc. did not infringe two patents asserted by Avid Technology, Inc. On one of two claim elements that were the focus of the dispute at trial, the district court gave the jury a narrow construction based on what the court determined to be a prosecution disclaimer. We hold that construction to be incorrect. We also hold that the error on this central trial issue requires setting aside the non-infringement verdicts, which were general verdicts as to each patent, because Harmonic has not argued that the evidence compels a finding…
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