UCP International Company Ltd. v. Balsam Brands Inc., No. 18-1256 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 19, 2019)

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Appellees UCP International Company and Global United Enterprises (collectively, “UCP”) sued Appellants Balsam Brands Inc. and Balsam International Unlimited (together, “Balsam”) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California seeking a declaratory judg- ment of non-infringement of all claims of Balsam’s U.S. Pa- tent Nos. 8,062,718 (“the ’718 patent”) and 8,993,077 (“the ’077 patent”) (collectively, “the Patents-in-Suit”).