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

Fed. Cir.

Cheese Systems, Inc. v. Tetra Pak Cheese, No. 12-1463 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 6, 2013)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 12-1463
Decided
August 6, 2013
Judge
Rader, C.J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
25 pages

From the Opinion

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In this declaratory judgment action, the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin granted the summary judgment motion of Tetra Pak Cheese and Powder Systems (Tetra Pack Cheese) and Treval Laval Holdings & Finance S.A (Treval Laval) (collectively, Tetra Pak) against Cheese Systems, Inc. (CSI). In an unpublished fifty-four page opinion, the trial court determined that CSI infringed under the doctrine of equivalents and had not proven the ’347 patent invalid. Cheese Sys., Inc. v. Tetra Pak Cheese and Powder Sys. , Inc.