University of Massachusetts v. L'Oreal S.A., No. 21-1969 (Fed. Cir. June 13, 2022)

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This appeal is from a judgment in a patent -infringe- ment action involving U.S. P atent Nos. 6,423,327 and 6,645,513, which are related as parent and child and which are owned by University of Massachusetts and exclusively licensed to Carmel Laboratories, LLC (hereinafter referred to together as UMass). UMass filed the action in the Dis- trict of Delaware against L’Oréal S.A. and its American subsidiary, L’Oréal USA, Inc. (hereinafter referred to to- gether as L’Oréal unless otherwise noted ), alleging that they were infringing the two patents.