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

E.D. Tex.

Freeny et al v. Fossil Group, Inc., No. 2:18-cv-00049 (E.D. Tex. May 10, 2019)

Claims Construed
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:18-cv-00049, Dkt. No. 93
Decided
May 10, 2019
Judge
Roy S. Payne, M.J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Length
57 pages

From the Opinion

The passage below is extracted verbatim from the opening of the document. It has not been editorially summarized — consult the full opinion for the court's complete reasoning.

On March 12, 2019, the Court held a hearing to determine the proper construction of the disputed claim terms in United States Patent No. 6,490,443 (“the ’443 Patent”). Having considered the arguments made by the parties at the hearing and in the parties’ claim construction briefing (Dkt. Nos. 50, 52, & 53), having considered the intrinsic evidence, and having made subsidiary factual findings about the extrinsic evidence, the Court hereby issues this Claim Construction Memorandum and Order. See Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1314 (Fed. Cir.