Legal Opinion
Southwire Co. v. United States International Trade Commission
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided September 11, 1980No. Nos. 79-25/31PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Market, Chief Judge.
Southwire Co. (Southwire) appeals from two decisions of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) terminating portions of investigation No. 337-TA-52, In re Certain Apparatus for the Continuous Production of Copper Rod. The investigation concerned alleged infringement of several Southwire patents by American Telephone & Telegraph Co. (ATT) and its subsidiaries Western Electric Co. (Western) and Nassau Recycle Corp. (Nassau). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In 1949, the Government instituted an antitrust suit against Western and ATT. In 1956, the suit was resolved by entry of a…
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