Legal Opinion
Dennis G. Moore, George R. Moore and Sierra Products, Inc., Plaintiffs- Cross-Appellees v. Wesbar Corporation and Bernard R. Weber, Cross
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 10, 1983No. 82-1917, 82-1969PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, Dennis G. Moore, George R. Moore and Sierra Products, Inc. (“Sierra”), filed suit against the defendants, Wesbar Corporation (“Wesbar”) and Bernard R. Weber, charging that they had infringed a patent owned by the Moores. This patent, U.S. Letters Patent No. 3,106,349, issued originally to Claude F. Bloodgood, Jr. (the “Bloodgood patent”), is for a submersible lighting fixture used on boat trailers. After the jury returned special verdicts finding infringement, the court below determined that the patent in question was invalid as a matter of law for…
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