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Polara Engineering Inc v. Campbell Company, No. 17-1974 (Fed. Cir. July 10, 2018)

Affirmed in Part
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 17-1974
Also Docketed
No. 17-2033 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
July 10, 2018
Judge
Lourie, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
26 pages

From the Opinion

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Campbell Company (“Campbell”) appeals from the f i- nal judgment of the United States District Court for the Central District of California entering judgment in favor of Polara Engineering Inc. (“Polara”) on its claim for infringement of claims 1 –4 (“the asserted claims”) of U.S. Patent 7,145,476 (“the ’476 pat ent”) and its decision , following a jury trial, denying Campbell’s post -trial m o- tions for judgment as a matter of law of invalidity and no willfulness, and granting Polara’s motion to enhance the damages award. See Polara Eng’g, Inc. v.