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[05/08] Lucent Techs., Inc. v. Gateway, Inc.
In a patent case pertaining to alleged infringement by Microsoft and Dell of two patents owned by plaintiff-Lucent, summary judgment of non-infringement as to one patent is vacated and remanded where the district court's construction of the term "terminal device" was erroneous. Summary judgment of non-infringement as to another patent is affirmed as the district court's construction of the phrase "each successive iteration including the steps of" was proper.

[05/07] Solomon Techs., Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n
In proceedings involving imports and sales of certain Toyota hybrid vehicles, an order finding no violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and refusing to enter an order excluding Toyota's products is affirmed on the basis of noninfringement, although the circuit court declines to resolve the construction of a "continuously variable" limitation.

[05/07] Decisioning.com, Inc. v. Federated Dep't Stores, Inc.
In a patent infringement action involving automated financial account processing systems, summary judgment of non-infringement in favor of defendants is affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded where: 1) the construction of "remote interface" only encompasses publicly-accessible computer equipment and not consumer owned personal computers; 2) thus, defendant-Federated was entitled to summary judgment; 3) defendants-TD Ameritrade and HSBC were entitled to summary judgment only with respect to systems that are accessed solely via consumer-owned personal computers; but 4) further proceedings were required as to those defendants based on certain modified claim constructions.

[05/06] PSN Illinois, LLC v. Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.
In a patent infringement action involving a method of fabricating porcelain veneers for teeth, summary judgment of non-infringement is affirmed where: 1) although the district court erred in excluding all finishing steps and construed the claim term "ready for mounting" too narrowly; nevertheless, 2) no reasonable jury could conclude that the accused process included an equivalent of the "ready for mounting" limitation under the doctrine of equivalents.

[05/06] U.S. v. Armstead
Convictions for felony willful copyright infringement for private financial gain are affirmed over allegations that the government failed to produce sufficient evidence that DVDs sold had an aggregate value of more than $2,500 in "retail value" as used in section 2319(b)(1).

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