SOUTHWEST SOFTWARE, INC. v. HARLEQUIN INC.

Nos. 99-1213, 99-1214.

226 F.3d 1280 (2000)

SOUTHWEST SOFTWARE, INC., Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, v. HARLEQUIN INCORPORATED, Harlequin Limited, and ECRM Trust, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 18, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Bahler, Arnold, White & Durkee, of Austin, Texas, argued for plaintiff-cross appellant. With him on the brief were Amber L. Hatfield and G. Scott Thomas. Of counsel on the brief were Scott R. Kidd, Raymond L. Sturm, and Walter H. Mizell, Brown McCarroll & Oaks Hartline, of Austin, Texas.

Thomas H. Watkins, Hilgers & Watkins, P.C., of Austin, Texas, argued for defendants-appellants. With him on the brief was Albert A. Carrion, Jr. Of counsel on the brief were John J. Regan, Hale and Dorr LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, and Michael P. Adams, Skjerven, Morrill, Mac-Pherson, Franklin & Friel, L.L.P., of Austin, Texas.

Before MICHEL, Circuit Judge, SKELTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and SCHALL, Circuit Judge.


SCHALL, Circuit Judge.

Harlequin Incorporated and Harlequin Limited (collectively "Harlequin") and ECRM Trust ("ECRM") appeal from the judgment of patent infringement entered against them in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The judgment was entered upon a jury verdict. The jury found that: (1) claim 1 of Southwest Software, Inc.'s ("Southwest's") reexamined U.S. Patent No. B1 5,170,257 (the "`257 patent") is not invalid; (2) claim...

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