Olaf Soot Design, LLC v. Daktronics, Inc., No. 20-1009 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 7, 2021)

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Olaf Sööt Design, LLC (“OSD”) sued Daktronics, Inc. (“Daktronics”), alleging that Daktronics’s Vortek product infringes claim 27 of U.S. Patent No. 6,520,485 (“the ’485 patent”). Four of the eight elements of claim 27—elements b, d, e, and h—were tried to a jury, which ultimately found that the Vortek product met each of these elements under the doctrine of equivalents. After the jury verdict, Daktronics moved for judgment as a matter of law (“JMOL”) of noninfringement.