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US Court of Appeals revives Core Optical’s patent infringement cases against tech giants Nokia, ADVA, and Cisco | Decision overturns previous ruling by California District court concerning optical technology | Ambiguities surrounding inventorship agreements add complexity to the legal dispute.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reopened the door to Core Optical Technologies’ patent infringement lawsuits against Nokia, ADVA, and Cisco.
The appeals court vacated the US District Court for the Central District of California’s decision, which had granted summary judgment in favour of the defendants, remanding the case for further proceedings, yesterday, May 21.
The Californian district court had ruled that the inventor for one of Core Optical’s patent relating to optical signalling was not developed “entirely on his own time”, due to their fellowship at US corporation, TRW.