Business Objects, S.A. v. Microstrategy, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Plaintiff Business Objects, S.A. (“Business Objects”) and defendant Microstrate-gy, Inc. (“Microstrategy”) produce software products which allow users to query a relational database without learning the complex syntax of the query language. Business Objects brought this patent action against Microstrategy alleging that defendant’s products infringe U.S. Patent No. 5,555,403 (“the ’403 patent”) literally and under the doctrine of equivalents. Now before the Court is defendant’s post-remand motion for summary judgment that the accused products do not infringe claim 4 of the ’403 patent under the doctrine of equivalents. After carefully considering the papers submitted by the parties and having had the benefit of oral argument, the Court hereby GRANTS the motion for summary judgment.

BACKGROUND

The subject matter of the ’403 patent and the structure of the accused products have been explained in detail in this Court’s prior order and by the Federal Circuit and will not be repeated here. See Business Objects, S.A., v. Microstrategy, Inc., 393 F.3d 1366, 1367-71 (Fed.Cir.2005).

This Court previously granted defendant’s…