Deere & Company v. Agco Corp., No. 23-1811 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 24, 2025)

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Deere & Co. (“Deere”) sued AGCO Corp. and Precision Planting, LLC (collectively, “AGCO”) for infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,813,663 (“the ’663 patent”) and 9,699,955 (“the ’955 patent”). At trial, the jury found that AGCO did not infringe Deere’s patents. The district court denied Deere’s post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law (“JMOL”) on infringement and a new trial on in- fringement. Deere & Co. v. AGCO Corp., 659 F. Supp. 3d 418 (D. Del. 2023) (“Post-Trial Opinion”). Deere appeals, and we affirm.