Legal Opinion

Interactive Gift Express, Inc. v. Compuserve Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided November 3, 2000No. 99-1324PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LINN, Circuit Judge.

Interactive Gift Express, Inc. (“IGE”), now known as E-Data, Corp., seeks review of a judgment of non-infringement of U.S. Patent No. 4,528,643 (“Freeny patent”) entered by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on March 12, 1999. Because the district court erred as a matter of law in the construction of each of the five claim terms giving rise to IGE’s non-infringement stipulation, we vacate and remand.

BACKGROUND

A. The Freeny Patent

The Freeny patent is directed to a system for reproducing information in material objects at point of sale locations.…

2Cases cited23 opinions

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