LAITRAM CORP. v. NEC CORP.

No. 94-1368.

62 F.3d 1388 (1995)

The LAITRAM CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEC CORPORATION and NEC Information Systems, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

August 4, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Wittman, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittman & Hutchinson, New Orleans, LA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were Steven W. Usdin and William L. Geary, Jr. Also on the brief were Timothy J. Malloy, Lawrence M. Jarvis, Robert C. Ryan and Sharon A. Hwang, McAndrews, Hold & Malloy, Chicago, IL.

John M. Calimafde, Hopgood, Calimafde, Kalil & Judlowe, New York City, argued for defendants-appellees. With him on the brief was Marvin N. Gordon.

Before NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge, and RADER, Circuit Judge.


RADER, Circuit Judge.

Laitram Corporation sued NEC Corporation and NEC Information Systems, Inc. for infringement of claims 1 and 2 of reexamined U.S. Patent No. B1 3,952,311 (the '311 patent). A jury found that NEC infringed both literally and under the doctrine of equivalents. The trial court then granted judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) that NEC did not infringe and overturned the jury's verdict. Laitram Corp. v. NEC Corp., No. 89-CV-1571, slip op. at...

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