· 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
How courts have described this case
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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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