Local Bridgeport company loses an appeal in Federal Circuit

A decision in Arlington Industries, Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc has just been published here. It is interesting to me because Bridgeport Fittings, Inc. is a local company, located in Stratford, CT despite its name. The Federal Circuit is the federal appeals court that hears generally patent cases, and is only one court below the Supreme Court of the United States. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.lost the appeal only because the Federal Circuit found it did not have jurisdiction over a contempt order arising out of a patent infringement matter that was not final. It appears that the contempt order has been recently made final, and I presume that Bridgeport Fittings, Inc. will make another appeal, and hopefully the Federal Circuit will decide the contempt order on the merits.