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

E.D. Tex.

WI-Lan, Inc. v. Acer, Inc. et al, No. 2:07-cv-00473 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 20, 2010)

Claims Construed
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:07-cv-00473, Dkt. No. 642
Decided
September 20, 2010
Judge
See opinion
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
m construction positions in the presence of the jury. Likewise, the parties are ordered to refrain from mentioning any portion of this opinion, other than the actual definitions adopted by the Court, in the presence of the jury. Any referen…
Length
55 pages

From the Opinion

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I. INTRODUCTION In this consolidated action Wi -LAN, Inc. (―Plaintiff‖) has sued multiple defendants (―Defendants‖) and is asserting four patents. This Court has already addressed the claim construction dispute for two patents, a nd in this claim construction the Court is construing two more patents: U.S. Patent No. 5,956,323 (filed July 30, 1997) (―the ‗323 patent‖) and U.S. Patent No. 6,549,759 (filed Aug. 24, 2001) (―the ‗759 patent‖).