TEGAL CORP. v. TOKYO ELECTRON CO., LTD.

No. 00-1239.

248 F.3d 1376 (2001)

TEGAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TOKYO ELECTRON COMPANY, LIMITED, Defendant, and Tokyo Electron America, Inc., Non party-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided May 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon B. Streeter, Keker & Van Nest, L.L.P., of San Francisco, California, argued for plaintiff-appellee. With him on the brief was Steven A. Hirsch. Of counsel on the brief were Warren E. Zirkle, of McLean, Virginia; and Robert M. Tyler, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe LLP, of Richmond, Virginia.

Edgar H. Haug, Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP, of New York, New York, argued for Nonparty-Appellant. With him on the brief were Steven M. Amundson, and Robert E. Colletti. Of counsel was Dabney J. Carr, IV, Mays & Valentine L.L.P., of Richmond, Virginia.

Before LOURIE, BRYSON, and LINN, Circuit Judges.


BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

Tokyo Electron America, Inc., ("TEA") appeals from an order holding it in contempt of court for violating an injunction entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Because there is no evidence that TEA violated the injunction, we reverse.

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The injunction at issue in this case was entered at the conclusion of a patent infringement action brought by Tegal Corporation against TEA and other...

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