U.S. Water Services, Inc. v. Novozymes A/S, No. 15-1950 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 15, 2016)

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U.S. Water Services, Inc. and Roy Johnson (together, “U.S. Water”) sued Novozymes A/S and Novozymes North America, Inc. (together, “Novozy mes”) in the U .S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (“District Court”), alleging indirect infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,415,137 (“the ’137 patent”) and 8,609,399 (“the ’399 patent”) (together, “ the Patents-in-Suit”). Novozymes counterclaimed for declaratory judgment of noninfring e- ment, invalidity, and inequitable conduct. The parties later filed cross -motions for summary judgment.