Legal Opinion

Crocs, Inc. v. International Trade Commission

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided February 24, 2010No. 12-5106PublishedCited by 156 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RADER, Circuit Judge.

The United States International Trade Commission (“ITC” or “Commission”) found no violation of 19 U.S.C. § 1337. Specifically the Commission determined that U.S. Patent No. 6,993,858 (the “'858 patent”) would have been obvious at the time of invention and that none of the intervenors infringed U.S. Patent No. D517,789 (the “'789 patent”). The Commission also determined that Crocs, Inc. (“Crocs”) had not satisfied the technical prong of the industry requirement under section 1337 for the '789 patent. Because the Commission erred in finding that the prior art taught all of…

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