WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued the following order on March 27:
In this action, filed by Inline Plastics Corp. against Lacerta Group, LLC, Inline alleges infringement of several of its patents, i.e., U.S. Patent Nos. 7,118,003; 7,073,680; 9,630,756; 8,795,580; and 9,527,640, which describe and claim certain containers (having features that make them resistant to tampering and make tampering evident) as well as methods of making such containers using thermoformed plastic. After the district court granted Inline summary judgment of infringement on a subset of claims, a jury determined that the remaining asserted claims were not infringed and that all the asserted claims (including those alrea...