ID Granting Motion for Summary Determination of Infringement, Validity and Unenforceability
ALJ Essex issued the public version of his March 3, 2010 initial determination in Inv. No. 337-TA-688, In the Matter of Certain Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Components, granting complainant Paice LLC’s motion for summary determination of infringement, validity and unenforceability of U.S. Patent No. 5,343,970, finding that the ‘970 patent is valid and enforceable and that the accused products of respondents Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America, and Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. literally meet each and every limitation of claims 11 and 39 of the ‘970 patent. (PDF)
