Legal Opinion

Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, Inc. v. Metaullics Systems Co.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided January 30, 2003No. 01-1409Published

1Opinion of the Court

PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, Inc. (MMEI) appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, granting summary judgment of non-infringement of United States Patent No. 5,203,681 (the Cooper or ’681 patent) in favor of Metaullies Systems Co., L.P. and Metaullies Systems Co. (collectively Metaullies).1 Final judgment was granted upon the Federal Circuit’s decision in Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 234 F.3d 558, 56 USPQ2d 1865 (Fed.Cir.2000) (en banc) (Festo I), the district court vacating the jury…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. MARKMAN Et Al. v. WESTVIEW INSTRUMENTS, INC., Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Cybor Corporation v. Fas Technologies, Inc., and Fastar Ltd., Defendants-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
  3. Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. United States Surgical Corporation v. Ethicon, Inc. And Johnson & Johnson Hospital Services, Inc., Defendants/cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1997
  5. Railroad Dynamics, Inc., Appellant/cross-Appellee v. A. Stucki Company, Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984

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