Legal Opinion
Acco Brands, Inc. (Doing Business as Kensington Technology Group) v. Micro Security Devices, Inc. (Doing Business as Pc Guardian)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 7, 2003No. 02-1567PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
ACCO Brands, Inc., doing business as Kensington Technology Group, sued Micro Security Devices, Inc., doing business as PC Guardian, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, charging PC Guardian with infringement of United States Patent No. B1 5,502,989 (the '989 patent). The court granted summary judgment of nonin-fringement in favor of PC Guardian. 1 The judgment is affirmed.
DISCUSSION
The '989 patent is directed to a locking mechanism for portable electronic devices such as computers. Claim 10 is the only claim in suit:
10. A…
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