Faroudja Laboratories, Inc. v. Dwin Electronics, Inc.

CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Faroudja Laboratories, Inc. and General Instrument Corporation (collectively “Faroudja”) initiated this action for patent infringement against Defendant Dwin Electronics, Inc. (“Dwin”). Faroud-ja alleges that Dwin is infringing five claims contained in U.S. Patent No. 4,998, -287 (hereafter the “ ’287 patent” or “ ’287”). The ’287 patent is an apparatus that detects whether a video signal was derived from film and creates a progressive-scan display from the video signal to increase resolution. Claims 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are at issue in this litigation.

On September 13, 1999, the Court conducted a claims construction hearing for the patent claims at issue. During the hearing, the parties presented tutorials and made arguments for the purpose of aiding the Court in construing the disputed claims. Because the parties reached agreement on the interpretation of several claim elements after claim construction briefing and the hearing, the Court asked the parties to submit a revised claim construction chart indicating their final positions on the remaining disputed claim elements. The Court received a Final Joint Disputed Claim Element…