Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. v. Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc., No. 21-2299 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 15, 2023)

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Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. (“Colum- bia”) sued Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc. (“Seirus”) for infringing U.S. Design Patent No. D657,093 (“the D’093 pa- tent”). After the district court granted summary judgment of infringement and a jury awarded Columbia $3,018,174 in damages, Seirus appealed to this court. In Columbia I,1 we vacated the summary judgment of infringement and re- manded for further proceedings. On remand, a jury found that Seirus did not infringe. Columbia appeals, mainly challenging the jury instruc- tions.