Homeland Housewares, LLC v. Sorensen Research, No. 13-1345 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 8, 2014)

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Declaratory judgment defendant Sorensen Research and Development Trust (“Sorensen”) appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the Cen- tral District of California granting th e plaintiff Homeland Housewares, LLC (“Homeland”) summary judgment of noninfringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,599, 460 (“the ’460 patent”). Homeland has conditionally cross -appealed from the district court’s decision granting Sorensen sum- mary judgment of vali dity and denying Homeland’s motion for summary judgment of invalidity of the ’460 patent.