ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA v. ALPINE ELECT. OF AMER.

Nos. 2009-1544, 2009-1545.

609 F.3d 1345 (2010)

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALPINE ELECTRONICS OF AMERICA, INC., and Alpine Electronics, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Denso Corporation, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., and Magellan Navigation, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and American Honda Motor Co., Inc., and Tomtom, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Garmin International, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

June 18, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Rozendaal, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were K. Chris Todd, Geoffrey M. Klineberg, and Brendan J. Crimmins. Of counsel were David G. Wille, Baker Botts LLP, of Dallas, TX, and William S. Foster, Jr., of Washington, DC.

Paul R. Steadman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, of Chicago, IL, argued for defendants-appellees Alpine Electronics of America, Inc., et al., Denso Corporation, et al., American Honda Motor Co., Inc., and Garmin International, Inc. With him on the brief for Denso Corporation, et al., was Shira J. Kapplin. On the brief for Alpine Electronics of America, Inc., et al., were Gary M. Ropski, Cynthia A. Homan, Laura Beth Miller, and Christopher A. Harkins, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, of Chicago, IL. On the brief for American Honda Motor Co., Inc., were John T. Johnson, Fish & Richardson P.C., of New York, NY, and Thomas S. McClenahan, of Minneapolis, MN. On the brief for Garmin International, Inc., was Raymond W. Mort, III, DiNovo, Price, Ellwanger, & Hardy LLP, of Austin, TX.

Lauren A. Degnan, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee TomTom, Inc. With her on the brief were James A. Fussell, III, and Ruffin B. Cordell.

Before BRYSON, GAJARSA, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. (Britannica) is the assignee of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,051,018 (the '018 patent) and 7,082,437 (the '437 patent). The '018 and '437 patents relate to a multimedia database search system for retrieving textual and graphical information. Britannica sued Alpine Electronics of America, Inc., Alpine Electronics, Inc., DENSO Corporation, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Magellan Navigation, Inc., American Honda Motor Company...

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