TROVAN LTD. v. SOKYMAT SA, IRORI

No. 01-1360.

299 F.3d 1292 (2002)

TROVAN, LTD., Algernon Promotions, Inc., and Electronic Identification Devices, Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SOKYMAT SA, IRORI, and Ake Gustafson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

DECIDED: August 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. De La Garza, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., of Austin, Texas, argued for plaintiffs-appellees. With him on the brief was Mark T. Garrett.

Edward P. Walker, Oliff & Berridge, PLC, of Alexandria, Virginia, argued for defendants-appellants. With him on the brief were James A. Oliff, John W. O'Meara and William J. Utermohlen.

Before MICHEL, BRYSON and LINN, Circuit Judges.


LINN, Circuit Judge.

Sokymat SA, Irori, and Ake Gustafson appeal the judgment of the United States District Court for the Central District of California that Gustafson is not a co-inventor and co-owner of U.S. Patent No. 5,281,855 ("the '855 patent"), and that Sokymat SA and Irori therefore infringe the '855 patent. Trovan, Ltd. v. Sokymat SA, No. CV-97-4585-MRP (C.D.Cal. Apr. 24, 2001) ("Opinion"). Because the district court did not properly construe...

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