Checkpoint Systems, Inc. v. All-Tag Security S.A., No. 12-1085 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 25, 2013)

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Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (“Checkpoint”) sued All -Tag Security S.A., All-Tag Security Americas, Inc., and an All- Tag customer Sensormatic Electronics Corporation (co l- lectively, “All -Tag”) for infringement of U .S. Patent No. 4,876,555 (“the ’ 555 patent”) , entitled “Resonance Label and Method for its Fabrication.” A jury found the ’555 patent not infringed, invalid, and unenforceable. The district court entered judgmen t on the verdict, held the case “exceptional” in terms of 35 U.S.C.