Legal Opinion
Diversey Lever, Inc. v. Ecolab, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 20, 1999No. 98-1380, 98-1447, 98-1472, 98-1534PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, Chief Judge.
Ecolab, Inc. (“Ecolab”) appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, No. 96-CV-73112, which granted Diversey Lever, Inc. (“Diversey Lever”) summary judgment that Ecolab infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 5,009,801 (“the ’801 patent”) and 5,073,280 (“the ’280 patent”). Because the district court properly interpreted the parties’ settlement agreement, we affirm.
Background
In 1991, Diversey Lever’s predecessors, Diversey Corporation and Diversey Corp. (collectively “Diversey”), brought a patent infringement suit against Ecolab alleging…
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