Legal Opinion
Sulzer Textil A.G. And Sulzer Textile, Inc. v. Picanol N v. Defendant-Cross
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 17, 2004No. 02-1410, 02-1441PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINN, Circuit Judge.
This case presents a question as to the nature and extent to which district courts are required to give jury instructions in patent cases in which claim construction rulings on disputed claim terms are made prior to trial and followed by the parties during the course of the trial. We hold that it is the duty of trial courts in such cases to inform jurors both of the court’s claim construction rulings on all disputed claim terms and of the jury’s obligation to adopt and apply the court’s determined meanings of disputed claim terms in the jury’s deliberations of the facts.
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