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Markman Construction of “Along” based on the Specification
In Stern v. Globus Medical in the District of Delaware (Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-91-RGA), the Markman construction of the claim term “along a longitudinal axis” was “on line or course parallel or close to,” i.e., not necessarily on the longitudinal axis. A representative one of the patents at issue is US8,556,895. Representative language from claim 1 reads: “at least one interlocking portion...
Markman Construction of “Controller” in the District of Delaware
The order for the Markman construction in Avid Technology, Inc. v. Harmonic Inc. (DED, Docket 12-627) was issued on May 2, 2017. The case involves U.S. Patent No. 5,495,291 titled “Decompression system for compressed video data for providing uninterrupted decompressed video data output.” The Court construed the term “controller” to mean “a component or subsystem that causes, directly or indirectly,...