WESTERNGECO L.L.C. v. ION GEOPHYSICAL CORP.

Nos. 2013-1527, 2014-1121, 2014-1526, 2014-1528.

791 F.3d 1340 (2015)

WESTERNGECO L.L.C., Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant v. ION GEOPHYSICAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

July 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg F. Locascio , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-cross-appellant. Also represented by William H. Burgess , John C. O'Quinn ; Timothy K. Gilman , Leslie M. Schmidt , New York, N.Y.; Lee Landa Kaplan , Smyser, Kaplan & Veselka, LLP, Houston, TX.

David J. Healey , Fish & Richardson, P.C., Houston, TX, argued for defendant-appellant. Also represented by Frank Porcelli , Kevin Su , Boston, MA; Bailey Kathleen Harris , Jackob Ben-Ezra , Brian Gregory Strand , Houston, TX; Olga I. May , Justin Barnes , Francis J. Albert , San Diego, CA.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge DYK. Dissenting-in-part opinion filed by Circuit Judge WALLACH.


WesternGeco L.L.C. ("WesternGeco") filed suit against ION Geophysical Corp. ("ION") for infringement of, inter alia, U.S. Patent Nos. 6,691,038 ("the '038 patent"), 7,080,607 ("the '607 patent"), 7,162,967 ("the '967 patent"), and 7,293,520 ("the '520 patent"). The jury found infringement and no invalidity with respect...

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