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H&R Block Tax Services, Inc. v. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, Inc., No. 6:08-cv-00037 (E.D. Tex. Dec. 8, 2009)

Claims Construed
Claim Construction
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division
Case No.
No. 6:08-cv-00037, Dkt. No. 112
Decided
December 8, 2009
Judge
John D. Love, M.J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER. The Court interprets the claim language in this case in the manner set forth in this Order. The Court's claim construction interpretations are set forth in a table attached to this opinion as Appendix A
Length
22 pages

From the Opinion

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This claim construction opinion construes the disputed terms in U.S. Patent No. 7,177,829 (“the ‘829 patent”). Plaintiff H&R Block Tax Services, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) accuses Defendant Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, Inc. (“Defendant”) of infringing one or more of the claims of the ‘829 patent. The parties submitted twenty-three disputed claim terms for construction (Doc. Nos. 85, 93, 100, 102). Previously, the Court recommended finding U.S. Patent No s. 7,072,862 and 7,127,425 invalid (Doc. No.

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