Sulzer Textil A.G. And Sulzer Textile, Inc. v. Picanol N v. Defendant-Cross

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• finding suit was not frivolous in part because plaintiffs claim successfully withstood summary judgment motion
• “[I]t is not enough to merely show that a jury instruction is erroneous; [petitioner] also must show that the erroneous jury instruction was preju- dicial.”
• “When the error in a jury instruction could not have changed the result, the erroneous instruction is harmless.”
• Federal Circuit law 6 governs issues “pertain[ing] to” or “unique to patent law” and substantive and procedural 7 matters “intimately involved” in the “enforcement of the patent right”
• “The district court simply must give the jury guidance that can be understood and given effect by the jury once it resolves the issues of fact which are in dispute.”
• “We answer this question on an issue by issue basis and will apply the law of the regional circuit to which district court appeals normally lie, unless the issue pertains to or is unique to patent law.”

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