Legal Opinion
Arlington Industries, Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 20, 2011No. 2010-1025PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Chief Judge.
Two concomitant litigations between Arlington Industries, Inc. (“Arlington”) and Bridgeport Fittings, Inc. (“Bridgeport”), both from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, produced different constructions of the same claim term from Arlington’s U.S. Patent No. 5,266,050 (“the '050 patent”). In the earlier filed case, the court construed the term “spring metal adaptor” to mean “an adaptor made of spring metal.” Arlington Indus., Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc., No. 01-CV-0485, 2008 WL 542966, at *6 (M.D.Pa. Feb. 25, 2008) (“Arlington I…
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