Legal Opinion
Sundance, Inc. v. DeMonte Fabricating Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 24, 2008No. 2008-1068, 2008-1115PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants Sundance, Inc. and Merlot Tarpaulin and Sidekit Manufacturing Co., Inc. (collectively, Sun-dance) sued Defendants-Appellants De-Monte Fabricating Ltd. and Quick Draw Tarpaulin Systems, Inc. (collectively, De-Monte) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for infringement of claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 5,026,109 (the '109 patent). A jury concluded that claim 1 was infringed but invalid for obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Following the jury verdict, Sundance moved for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) that the…
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