Infringing Circuit Enjoined … A Bit Later

Broadcom v. Emulex

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court's findings of non-obviousness based on motivation to combine and objective criteria, and the scope of the injunction that issued, including as sunset period to permit sell off of product.  Broadcom v. Emulex, Case No. 12-1309 (Fed. Cir., Oct. 7, 2013) (Rader, C. J.).

Broadcom sued Emulex for infringement of its patented circuit device for converting an analog signal to a digital signal.  Emulex appealed the court's judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) of infringement, non-obviousness and its entry of a permanent injunction, that provided Emulex a sell off period to fulfill existing contracts.