KANEKA CORP. v. XIAMEN KINGDOMWAY GROUP CO.

Nos. 2014-1373, 2014-1399.

790 F.3d 1298 (2015)

KANEKA CORPORATION, a Japanese Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant v. XIAMEN KINGDOMWAY GROUP COMPANY, a Chinese Corporation, Pacific Rainbow International Inc., a California Corporation, Shenzhou Biology and Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

June 10, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith D. Nowak , Carter Ledyard & Milburn, LLP, New York, N.Y., argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by Robert McGee Bowick, Jr. , Raley & Bowick, LLP, Houston, TX.

Reece Werner Nienstadt , Mei & Mark LLP, Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellees Xiamen Kingdomway Group Company, Pacific Rainbow International Inc. Also represented by Xiang Long, Lei Mei.

Timothy Paar Walker , K & L Gates LLP, San Francisco, CA, argued for defendant-appellee Shenzhou Biology and Technology Co., Ltd. Also represented by Lei Howard Chen, Harold H. Davis, Jr., Jas Singh Dhillon.

Gary Hnath , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae, Zhejiang Medicine Co., Ltd, ZMC-USA, LLC. Also represented by Paul Whitfield Hughes ; Trenton Menning , Henry M. Griffin IV , Charles Stephen Kelley , Houston, TX.

Before NEWMAN, REYNA, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges. REYNA, Circuit Judge.


Kaneka Corporation sued Defendants Xiamen Kingdomway Group Company, Pacific Rainbow International Inc., and Shenzhou Biology and Technology Co., Ltd., in the Central District of California, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,910,340 (the '340 Patent). The district court granted summary judgment of noninfringement based on the district court's claim construction. Kaneka appealed. For the reasons that follow, we affirm-in-part, vacate-in-part, and remand.

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