Stephen Key Design, LLC v. Lego Systems, Inc.

CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER

INTRODUCTION

This matter concerns the alleged infringement of: (1) U.S. Patent No. 6,086, -697 (“ ’697 patent”), entitled “Rotating Label System and Method,” and (2) U.S. Patent No. 6,237,269 (“ ’269 patent”), entitled “Roll-Fed Method for Constructing a Rotatable Label System.” The Court will now construe the disputed claim terms within the two patents.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Stephen M. Key is the named inventor in each of the patents, both of which are assigned to Stephen Key Design, LLP. The two patents generally disclose systems and methods for “constructing a rotatable label and attaching the rotatable label to a container.” ’697 Patent at Abstract; ’269 Patent at Abstract.

More specifically, the rotatable label described in the ’697 patent “includes a release tab releasably attached to the container, or to an inner label adhered to the container, to secure the outer label to the container while the outer label is wrapped around the container.” ’697 Patent at Abstract. The release tab is subsequently detached, allowing the outer label to rotate about the container. The ’269 patent describes methods by which the leading end of the outer label is…