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NANO-PROPRIETARY, INC. v. CANON, INC.

No. 07-50640.

537 F.3d 394 (2008)

NANO-PROPRIETARY, INC., a Texas corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. CANON, INC.; Canon USA, Inc., a New York corporation, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 25, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Gilbertsen (argued), Basil C. Culyba, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Washington, DC, Thomas Hart Watkins, Albert A. Carrion, Jr., Brown McCarroll, Austin, TX, Jerrold Joseph Ganzfried, Howrey LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Nicholas Michael Cannella (argued), Michael P. Sandonato, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, New York City, Patton G. Lochridge, Richard D. Milvenan, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, TX, Jeffrey Scott Levinger, Hankinson Levinger LLP, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Before REAVLEY, BENAVIDES and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from a patent license agreement between Nano-Proprietary, Inc. ("Nano") and Canon, Inc. ("Canon"). Canon went into business with Toshiba, Inc. ("Toshiba") and formed a joint venture-SED, Inc. ("SED"). Believing that SED used Canon's license in violation of the patent license agreement, Nano sued Canon in federal district court. The district court found that Canon materially breached the patent license agreement via an impermissible...

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