Soverain Software LLC v. Victoria's Secret, No. 12-1649 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 12, 2015)

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Victoria’s Secret Direct Brand Management, LLC (“Victoria’s Secret”) and Avon Products, Inc. (“Avon”) (collectively, “defendants”) appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas . The district court found that defendants infringed claims 34 and 51 of U.S. Patent No. 5,715,314 (the “’314 patent ”) and claims 15, 17, and 39 of U.S. Patent No. 5,909,492 (the “’492 patent”) and that those claims were not invalid. After the district court’s judgment, this court decided Soverain Software LLC v. Newegg Inc. , 705 F.3d 1333 (Fed.