Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Zenni Optical Inc., No. 12-1318 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 19, 2013)

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Contour Optik, Inc., a company of Taiwan, and subl i- censee Aspex Eyewear, Inc. (collectively “Aspex”) sued Zenni Optical, LLC for infringement of several United States patents for magnetic clip -on eyewear such as sunglasses. The district court held that Aspex is collate r- ally estopped from pursuing this suit, based on earlier litigation between Aspex and Altair Eyewear, Inc. for infringement of the same patents; decisions reported at Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Altair Eyewear, Inc. , 386 F. Supp. 2d 526 (S.D.N.Y.