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Edgewell Personal Care Brands v. Munchkin, Inc., No. 20-1203 (Fed. Cir. May 26, 2021)

Vacated & Remanded
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 20-1203
Decided
May 26, 2021
Judge
Moore, C.J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
14 pages

From the Opinion

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Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC , and Interna- tional Refills Company, Ltd. (collectively, Edgewell) sued Munchkin, Inc. in the Central District of California for in- fringement of claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,8 99,420 and 6,974,029. Edgewell manufactures and sells the Diaper Genie, which is a diaper pail system that has two main components: (i) a pail for collection of soiled diapers ; and (ii) a replaceable cassette that is placed inside the pail and forms a wrapper around the soiled diapers.