· 6/3/1999
Rodime Plc v. Seagate Technology, Inc., Defendant-Cross
Citations
- 174 F.3d 1294
- 1999 WL 216236
How courts have described this case
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- noting that meetings at which defendant persuaded potential licensees to end license negotiations with the plaintiff \had nothing to do with petitioning the government.\
- holding that state-law claims of unfair competition are not preempted
- holding “positioning means” was not subject to § 112, ¶ 6 where the claim recited a detailed list of structural elements
- explaining that a party’s concession “does not relieve this court of its responsibility to interpret the claims as a matter of law”
- drawing a distinction between a hard disk and a hard disk drive
- allegation that defendant’s website states: “[w]e don’t allow replicas, counterfeit items, or unauthorized copies to be listed”
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Judges: Lourie, Friedman, Rader
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