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

E.D. Tex.

SmartDisk Corporation v. Archos S.A. et al, No. 2:05-cv-00101 (E.D. Tex. Nov. 28, 2006)

Claims Construed
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:05-cv-00101, Dkt. No. 61
Decided
November 28, 2006
Judge
T. John Ward, J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER as set forth herein
Length
16 pages

From the Opinion

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After co nsidering the submissions and the arg uments of counse l, the court issues the following order concerning the claim construction issues: I. Introduction Plaintiff SmartDisk Corporation acc uses Def endants Archos, S.A. and Ar chos I nc. of infringing two United States patents, U.S. Patent No. 6,658,202 (“the ‘202 patent”) entitled “Portable Data Transfer and Mass Storage Device for Removable Memory Modules,” and U.S. Patent No.