Altiris, Inc. v. Symantec Corp., Defendant-Cross

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that if the preamble does not limit claim scope “the preamble is of no significance to claim construction”
• noting that when a party stipulates to noninfringement following claim construction, “we need only address the district court’s construction of the [rele- vant] claims”
• considering expert testimony that it is technologically possible to achieve the invention’s purpose by performing the steps in any order
• “In the cases where we have found sufficient structure in the claims, the claim language specifies a specific physical structure that performs the function.”
• “If not, we next look to the rest of the specification to determine whether it directly or implicitly requires such a narrow construction.”
• “[T]his presumption can be rebutted where the claim, in addition to the functional language, recites structure sufficient to perform the claimed function in its entirety.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).