Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

E.D. Tex.

Finisar Corporation v. DirecTV Group Inc The et al, No. 1:05-cv-00264 (E.D. Tex. Apr. 19, 2006)

Claims Construed
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division
Case No.
No. 1:05-cv-00264, Dkt. No. 136
Decided
April 19, 2006
Judge
Ron Clark, J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM OPINION and Order Construing Claim 25 of United States Patent No. 5,404,505
Length
7 pages

From the Opinion

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CONSTRUING CLAIM 25 OF UNITED STATES PATENT NO. 5,404,505 Plaintiff Finisar Corporati on (“Finisar”) filed suit against Defendants The DirecTV Group, Inc., DirecTV Holdings, LLC, DirecTV En terprises, LLC, DirecTV Operations, LLC, DirecTV, Inc., and Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (collectively “DirecTV or Defendants”) claiming infringement of United States Patent No. 5,404,505 (“the `505 patent or `505"). The parties seek a supplemental construction of Claim 25.