3Com Corp. v. D-Link Systems, Inc.
Opinion
Opinion
Walker, J.
ORDER
On April 14, 2006, the court held a claim construction hearing pursuant to Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370 , 116 S.Ct. 1384 , 134 L.Ed.2d 577 (1996). Based on the parties’ arguments at the hearing and their submissions, the court issues the following claim construction order, which applies to both of the above-captioned matters.
In the 03-2177 action, plaintiff 3Com Corporation (3Com) originally asserted six network-interface-technology patents against defendant D-Link Systems, Inc (D-Link) and intervening-defendant Real-tek Semiconductor Corporation (Realtek): United States patents 5,307,459, 5,434,872, 5,732,094, 6,327,625, 6,526,446 and 6,570,-884. 3Com and D-Link have since settled claims in the 03-2177 action, leaving as the Realtek sole defendant in that action. In the 05-0098 action, 3Com asserts the '625 and '884 patents against D-Link. Claims in the '625 patent were construed in conjunction with summary judgement in a prior order. Doc # 206 (05-0098) at 6-15.
As the court writes principally for the parties, it will not discuss the details of the inventions or define terms well-known to those skilled in the art, except as is necessary to…