Intamin, Ltd. v. Magnetar Technologies Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

I. INTRODUCTION

In 2004, Plaintiff Intamin, Ltd. filed this lawsuit alleging a braking system manufactured by Defendant Magnetar Technologies Corp. infringes Intamin’s U.S. Patent Number 6,062,350 (“the '350 patent”), titled “Braking System for an Amusement Device,” which describes a magnetic braking system used on amusement park rides. Magnetar moved for summary judgment of non-infringement; Judge Taylor, then assigned to the case, granted the motion and entered judgment for Magnetar. Magnetar appealed to the Federal Circuit, which vacated a portion of the claim construction which it deemed to be inadequate and incomplete. Intamin, Ltd. v. Magnetar Technologies, Corp., 483 F.3d 1328 (Fed.Cir.2007). The matter was remanded to this Court which, after a thorough review of the decision and several status conferences with counsel, set a schedule for briefing and hearing on the validity of dependent claim 10, which is the only claim that Magnetar’s system might infringe. The Court has now conducted the hearing, has read and considered the briefs, and concludes that summary judgment should be entered in favor of…