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Clare v. Chrysler Group LLC, No. 15-1199 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 31, 2016)

Affirmed
Non-Infringement Summary Judgment Claim Construction
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 15-1199
Decided
March 31, 2016
Judge
Moore, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
19 pages

From the Opinion

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Scott Clare, Neil Long, and Innovative Truck Storage, Inc. (collectively, Clare), accused Chrysler Group LLC of infringing claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,499,795 and 7,104,583 by importing, making, using, selling, and offering to sell Dodge Ram pickup trucks equipped with the Dodge RamBox Cargo Maintenance System. We affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment of non-infringement. B ACKGROUND The ’795 and ’583 patents are directed to a hidden storage compartment in the side of the bed of a pickup truck.

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