Wavetronix v. EIS Electronic Integrated Sys., No. 08-1129

In a patent infringement action involving systems for monitoring the flow of automobile traffic on thoroughfares, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) defendant's monitoring device does not practice the "defining traffic lanes" step of the disputed claim and therefore does not literally infringe plaintiff's patent; and 2) plaintiff's infringement by equivalents claim fails, as the manner in which defendant's monitoring device defines lanes is much different than the patented invention.    

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Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
Decided July 29, 2009

Judges
Before NEWMAN and SCHALL, Circuit Judges, and PATEL, District Judge.
Opinion by PATEL, District Judge

Counsel
For Plaintiff: Brent P. Lorimer, Workman Nydegger, Salt Lake City, Utah.

For Defendant: Richard D. Rochford, Nixon Peabody LLP, Rochester, New York.