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· 11/8/1999

TM Patents, L.P v. International Business MacHines Corp.

Citations

  • 72 F. Supp. 2d 370
  • 53 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1093
  • 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17467
  • 1999 WL 1033777

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  • holding that where plaintiff had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the meaning of claims at an earlier claim construction, that construction was binding on the plaintiff
  • stating that “[the defendant’s] invocation of judicial estoppel is improper, as that doctrine applies only to inconsistent factual positions, not to issues of law”
  • prior claim construction in action against alleged infringers barred patent owner from relitigating the claim construction against another alleged infringer

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Judges: McMAHON

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