i2 Technologies, Inc. et al v. Oracle Corporation et al, No. 6:09-cv-00194 (E.D. Tex. Jan. 21, 2011)

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This Memorandum Opinion and Order construes the terms in United States Patent Nos. U.S. Pat. No. 5,983,194 (the “’194 patent”); U.S. Pat. No. 7,085,729 (the “’729 patent”); and U.S. Pat. No. 7,062,540 (the “’540 patent”). Oracle’s Summary Judgment Motion (Docket No. 164) is1 DENIED. APPLICABLE LAW “It is a ‘bedrock principle’ of patent law that ‘the claims of a patent define the invention to which the patentee is entitled the right to exclude.’” Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1312 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc) (quoting Innova/Pure Water Inc. v.