Mirror Worlds, LLC v. Apple, Inc., No. 6:08-cv-00088 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 30, 2010)

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Having considered the parties’ briefing and oral argument regarding non-infringement under the doctrine of equivalents for claims 16 and 18 of the ’427 Patent, the Court GRANTS Apple’s motion for judgment as a matter of law (“JMOL”) on doctrine of equivalents (“DOE”) under independent claim 16 and dependent claim 18 of the ’427 patent. JMOL “is appropriate only when a ‘reasonable jury would not have a legally sufficient evidentiary basis to find for the party on that issue.’” Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Blue Sky Med. Group, Inc., 554 F.3d 1010, 1017 (Fed.