Boss Control, Inc., et al. v. Bombardier, Inc., et al.

Boss Control filed suit against Bombardier for infringement of its' power interrupt patent. The lower court granted summary judgment for Bombardier after construing the claims of the patent during the pre-trial Markman hearing. The CAFC affirmed that construction of the word "interrupt", as defined in the specification, precluded the Bombardier technology notwithstanding the dictionary definition or even the prosecution history. Listen to the CAFC's published opinion. [MP3]