Certain Road Construction Machines and Components Thereof

Represented patent owner Caterpillar at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), where Wirtgen America and several related entities were found liable for infringing Caterpillar’s patent. In a final determination, the ITC affirmed Administrative Law Judge Lord’s ruling that Caterpillar’s patent was infringed. The commission issued limited exclusion and cease-and-desist orders barring Wirtgen from importing infringing products for sale in the United States.