Pazandeh v. Yamaha Corporation of America, No. 18-1275 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 6, 2018)

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PAZANDEH v. YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA 2 Appellant Ira Pazandeh (“Pazandeh”), proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment that two audio speaker models sold by Appellee Yamaha Corporation of America (“Yamaha”) do not infringe claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,577,265 (“the ’265 patent”) literally or under the doctrine of equivalents . He also seeks reversal of the district court’s exceptional case determination. Because we conclude that the district court did not err in its construct ion of the term “respective . . .