LORAL FAIRCHILD CORP. v. SONY CORP.

No. 97-1017.

181 F.3d 1313 (1999)

LORAL FAIRCHILD CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SONY CORPORATION and Sony Electronics Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, Ltd., Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, NEC Corporation, NEC America, Inc., NEC Technologies, Inc., Canon, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc., Toshiba Corp., Toshiba America, Inc., Toshiba America Consumer Products, Inc., Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc., Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Fuji Photo Film USA Inc., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Fisher (Usa) Corp., Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Mitsubishi Electric Sales America, LG Electronics Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America Inc., National Semiconductor Corporation, and Fairchild Semiconductor Corp., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing Declined July 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Wyss, Wiley, Rein, & Fielding, of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were James H. Wallace, Jr., and Gregory R. Lyons. Of counsel on the brief was R. Carl Moy, William Mitchell College of Law, of St. Paul, MN.

Charles E. Lipsey, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., of Washington, D.C., argued for defendants-appellees. With him on the brief were Douglas B. Henderson, Donald R. Dunner, Barry W. Graham, J. Michael Jakes, and Howard A. Kwon. Of counsel was Steven M. Anzalone.

Before MICHEL, Circuit Judge, ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge, and PLAGER, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing In Banc Declined July 16, 1999.*

ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Loral Fairchild Corporation (Loral) appeals the July 23, 1996 judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, No. 91-CV-5056, holding that Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics, Inc. (Sony) did not infringe Loral's patents. As pertinent here, the court held on summary judgment that Sony did...

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