District Court, D. Connecticut September 26, 2017, CIVIL CASE NO. 3:15–CV–1665 (JCH) (Chapco, Inc. v. Woodway USA, Inc.)

Janet C. Hall, United States District Judge *476TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION...476

II. FACTS...477

III. LEGAL STANDARD...477

IV. DISCUSSION...478

A. Infringement by Chapco...478

1. Direct Infringement...478

2. Indirect Infringement...478

3. Alter-Ego Theory...481

B. Infringement of the '580 Patent...482

C. Non-Infringement of the '169 Patent...486

D. Invalidity of the '169 and '580 Patents...