ASR patent infringement suit heads to jury trial after court ruling

摘要

A patent infringement lawsuit filed by scrap metal recycler and container-loading-system manufacturer Advanced Steel Recovery LLC (ASR) against X-Body Equipment Inc. is on its way to a jury trial after a federal District Court in California released its ruling on claim constructions earlier this month. In patent litigation, claim con-struction-or the "Markman hear-ing"-is a critical stage before jury trial in which definitions are established for various terms used in the patent claims.