Trading Technologies v. eSpeed: The Appeals Begin
Trading Techs. Int’l, Inc. v. eSpeed, Inc., No. 2008-1392 & 1393 (Fed. Cir.).*
As Judge Moran predicted, the parties have appealed this case to the Federal Circuit.* The parties’ appeals were consolidated, leaving a single appeal with a substantial number of issues. The great, new Patent Appeal Tracer* reported that plaintiff Trading Technologies (“TT”) is appealing at least the following decisions (click here to read Tracer’s post on the cross-appeals):
Claim constructions, specifically constructions of "static price axis" and "order entry region" (click here and here and here for the Blog’s posts regarding claim construction opinions);
- Summary judgment of noninfringement of most of defendant eSpeed’s software packages, including the following titles: Dual Dynamic, eSpeedometer, and modified eSpeedometer programs (click here for the Blog’s post regarding this opinion);
- Partial summary judgment for TT regarding prior use (click here for the Blog’s post regarding this opinion); and
- Judgment as a matter of law overturning the jury’s willfulness finding (click here for the Blog’s post regarding this opinion).
And eSpeed is appealing, at least, the following decisions:
- The permanent injunction regarding certain of eSpeed’s software packages (click here for the Blog’s post regarding the Court’s permanent injunction).
* Thanks to Patent Tracer for linking to the Blog’s TT v. eSpeed coverage. Click here to read much more about this case in the Blog’s archives.
