TI Group Automotive Systems (North America), Inc. v. VDO North America, L.L.C., et al. (Fed. Cir.)

June 30, 2004 on 9:46 am | In Caselaw |

TI Group Automotive Systems (North America), Inc. v. VDO North America, L.L.C., et al.
June 30, 2004, Federal Circuit
Before NEWMAN, BRYSON, and LINN, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by LINN.

TI Group Automotive Systems, L.L.C. (“TI Group”), appeals from a post-trial decision of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, granting a motion for judgment as a matter of law (“JMOL”) that VDO North America, L.L.C., Mannesmann VDO AG, Siemens VDO Automotive Corp., and Siemens VDO Automotive AG (collectively “VDO” or “defendants”) do not infringe U.S. Patent No. 4,860,714 (“the ’714 patent”) [”In-tank fuel pump assembly for fuel-injected engines”]. TI Group Auto. Sys. (N. Am.), Inc. v. VDO N. Am., L.L.C., No. 00-432-GMS (D. Del. Sept. 4, 2002) (“JMOL Infringement Opinion”). The defendants cross-appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for JMOL of invalidity of the ’714 patent. TI Group Auto. Sys. (N. Am.), Inc. v. VDO N. Am., L.L.C., No. 00-432-GMS (D. Del. June 6, 2003) (“JMOL Invalidity Opinion”). Because we affirm the district court’s claim constructions of the disputed terms “reservoir” and “within,” and further, because we conclude that the facts presented at trial are sufficient to support the district court’s grant of judgment of non-infringement in VDO’s favor, we affirm the district court’s JMOL Infringement Opinion. However, because we reverse some of the district court’s claim constructions, we vacate the district court’s JMOL Invalidity Opinion and remand the invalidity issues to the district court for further proceedings in light of the claim constructions set forth in this opinion.

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