ECOLAB, INC. v. ENVIROCHEM, INC.

No. 00-1402.

264 F.3d 1358 (2001)

ECOLAB, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ENVIROCHEM, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Hamlin, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P, of Minneapolis, MN, argued for plaintiff-appellee. With him on the brief were Randall Tietjen, and Emily M. Rome.

Charles A. Weiss, Kenyon & Kenyon, of New York, NY, argued for defendant-appellant. With him on the brief was Richard L. DeLucia.

Before NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LINN, Circuit Judge.


LINN, Circuit Judge.

On cross-motions for summary judgment the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey determined that Envirochem, Inc.'s ("Envirochem") product line literally infringed claim 1 of Ecolab, Inc.'s ("Ecolab") United States Reissue Patent No. 32,818 (the "'818 patent"). Ecolab, Inc. v. Amerikem Labs., Inc., 98 F.Supp.2d 569 (D.N.J. 2000) (infringement opinion) ("Ecolab I"). The...

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