Novatek, Inc. v. The Sollami Company, No. 13-1389 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 26, 2014)

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In this patent case , Sollami Company (“Sollami”) a l- leged Novatek, Inc. (“Novatek”) infringed U.S. Paten t Nos. 7,883,155 (“the ’155 patent”) and 6,371,567 (“t he ’567 patent”). Particularly , i n February 2011, Novatek insti- tuted this declaratory judgment action at the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah on issues of in validity and non-infringement of the ’155 patent . On July 13, 2011, Sollami filed suit against Novatek in th e Southern Di s- trict of Illinois for infringement of the ’567 patent .