Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Fed. Cir.

elcommerce.com v. SAP AG, No. 11-1369 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 24, 2014)

Affirmed in Part
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 11-1369
Decided
February 24, 2014
Judge
Newman, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
30 pages

From the Opinion

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Elcommerce.com, Inc. is the owner of United States Patent No. 6,947,903 (“the ’903 patent ”), directed to a system and method of monitoring a supply chain of co m- ponents in order to coordinate and stabilize the supply of components from various producers. Elcommerce brought suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas , charging SAP AG and SAP America, Inc. (collectively “ SAP”) with patent in fringement. SAP filed a declaratory judgment counterclaim that the ’ 903 patent is invalid, une nforceable, and not infringed.