A US appeals court ruled Tuesday that three infringement lawsuits involving a lightweight steel patent should not have been canceled outright. The lawsuit was filed in 2010 by ArcelorMittal against AK Steel, Severstal Dearborn and Wheeling-Nisshin.
According to the ruling, two claims of the company's reissued patent have been revived, although the judge affirmed the US district court’s ruling that invalidating the rest.
ArcelorMittal’s patent lawsuit against AK Steel and others not a complete loss
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