20th Apr 2006 12:42
Royalblue Group PLC20 April 2006 Royalblue announces progress in Lava patent infringement case. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has announced itsdetermination in the appeal brought by Lava Trading Inc. of the Markman claimsconstruction hearing conducted in May 2005. The Markman hearing, which is thefirst stage of the patent infringement case, defines the technical terms whichare used in subsequent hearings to establish whether patent infringement hasoccurred. The Court of Appeals has determined that the lower court did notcorrectly interpret all the technical terms and has referred the case back tothe lower court. A new Markman hearing will now be required, which means thatthe patent proceedings, started in June 2003, are for the most part restartedfrom the beginning and all previous judgements no longer stand. The Court of Appeals ruling refers to the definition of detailed technicalpoints and does not discuss the merits of the patent itself. The ruling does notaffect royalblue's view from the outset, that the case brought by Lava TradingInc is without merit and royalblue will continue to defend its positionvigorously. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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