The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Thursday affirmed a district court’s finding on remand from an earlier CAFC decision that several hoverboard design patents were not infringed by hoverboard products sold online. The patents at issue are U.S. Patent Nos. D737,723 (“D’723 patent”), D738,256 (“D’256 patent”), D784,195 (“D’195 patent”), and D785,112 (“D’112 patent”). In 2022, in two separate precedential opinions, the Federal Circuit vacated two preliminary injunction orders granted by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against hoverboard products alleged to infringe four of Hangzhou Chic Intelligent Technology Co Ltd’s design patents.

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