Science Applications International Corp. v. United States
17-825 · cofc · 2021-08-06
Summary
This Court of Federal Claims Markman order construes disputed terms in Science Applications International Corp.'s (SAIC) SERVAL night-vision heads-up-display patents in a Section 1498 infringement suit against the government. The accused technology was developed and procured through the government's contracts with SAIC's competitors, including Army other-transaction agreements with L3 and Harris for Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular prototypes and a Microsoft other-transaction agreement for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS). The decision is a claim-construction ruling rather than a merits or jurisdictional holding, but it illustrates the patent-infringement exposure that can attach to technology the government acquires via OT agreements.