Six Flags wins eight-year-old patent infringement case over magnetic braking

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Six Flags Theme Parks Inc. in a patent infringement suit related to braking systems on roller coasters. U.S. District Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark of the District of Delaware had granted summary judgment in the multi-defendant case, Magnetar Technologies v. Six Flags Theme Parks, in July 2014. The suit was filed in March 2007.