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

E.D. Tex.

Tantivy Communications Inc v. Lucent Technologies Inc, No. 2:04-cv-00079 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 11, 2005)

Claims Construed
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:04-cv-00079, Dkt. No. 106
Decided
August 11, 2005
Judge
T. John Ward, J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER as set forth herein
Length
21 pages

From the Opinion

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The c ourt iss ues th is m emorandum o pinion a nd or der t o r esolve the parties’ c laim construction disputes. 1. Introduction The plainti ff, Tantivy Communi cations I nc. (“ Tantivy”), c laims the defe ndant, L ucent Technologies Inc. (“Lucent”), infringes certain claims of three patents in suit, United States Patent Nos. 6,081,536 (“the ‘536 pate nt”), 6,151,332 (“ the ‘332 pa tent”), and 6,526,281 B1 ( “the ‘281 patent”). The parties filed claim construction briefs, and the court held a Markman hearing.