Comaper Corporation v. Antec, Inc., No. 13-1147 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 6, 2013)

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After a jury verdict upholding the claims of U.S. Pa- tent No. 5,955,955 (the ’955 pa tent), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a JMOL motion rendering some claims invalid as anticipated. Because the district court erred in conclud- ing that the jury verdict lacked substantial evidence, this court reverses and remands. I. Comaper Corporation (Comaper) is the owner of the ’955 patent. Filed in 1994 and issued in 1999, the ’955 patent claims a device to cool a computer’s drive bay region. See App. 60.