VERVE, LLC v. CRANE CAMS, INC.

No. 01-1417.

311 F.3d 1116 (2002)

VERVE, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CRANE CAMS, INC., Crower Cams & Equipment Company, Inc., Trend Products, Inc., and Competition Cams, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Manton Racing Products, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

November 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Artz, Artz & Artz, P.C., of Southfield, MI, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief was John S. Artz, and Robert P. Renke.

Geoffrey R. Myers, Hall, Priddy, Myers & Vande Sande, of Potomac, MD, argued for defendants-appellees. Of counsel on the brief was James E. Wynne, Butzel Long, of Detroit, Michigan.

Before NEWMAN, LOURIE, and CLEVENGER, Circuit Judges.


PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Verve, LLC, appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan,1 granting summary judgment that claims 1, 6, and 13 of United States Patent No. 4,850,315 (the '315 patent) are invalid. We reverse the judgment with respect to anticipation, vacate with respect to indefiniteness, and remand for further proceedings.

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