Legal Opinion
Pacific Coast Marine Windshields Ltd. v. Malibu Boats, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 8, 2014No. 19-1579PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Pacific Coast Marine Windshields Limited (“Pacific Coast”) is the assignee of all rights in U.S. Patent No. D555,070 (“the '070 patent”) for an ornamental boat windshield design. Pacific Coast brought suit against Malibu Boats, LLC, Marine Hardware, Inc., Tressmark, Inc., MH Windows, LLC, and John F. Pugh (collectively “Malibu Boats”) in the Middle District of Florida, alleging infringement. The district court granted Malibu Boats’ motion for summary judgment of non-infringement, finding that prosecution history estoppel barred the infringement claim. Pacific Coast appeals.…
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