Public Version of Initial Determination Issued in Inv. No. 337-TA-680, No 337 Violation Where Two Cognex Patents Found Invalid
ALJ Charneski issued the initial determination in Inv. No. 337-TA-680, Certain Machine Vision Software, Machine Vision Systems, and Products Containing Same. ALJ Charneski found that Complainants Cognex Corp. and Cognex Technology and Investment Corp. failed to establish that Respondents MVTec Software GmbH, MVTec LLC, Omron Corp., Resolution Technology, Inc., Visics Corp., Daiichi Jitsugyo Viswill Co., Ltd, and Daiichi Jitsugyo (America) infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 7, 016,539 (‘539 patent) and 7,065,262 (‘262 patent). ALJ Charneski further held that ‘539 patent was not anticipated by the prior art, that the ‘262 patent was anticipated by the prior art, and that both the ‘539 and ‘262 patents were invalid for failing to claim patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. §101.
