Legal Opinion

Panther Pumps & Equipment Co., Inc. v. Hydrocraft, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 16, 1972No. 71-1125PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

A jury found one claim in each of two patents 1 owned by plaintiff valid and infringed by defendants’ paint spray unit and awarded damages of $150,000 against the corporate defendant and $5,000 against each of the two individual defendants.

This appeal raises six separate issues: (1) whether the court erred as a matter of law or abused its discretion by refusing to submit 32 special interrogatories to the jury; (2) whether the court permitted the jury to find infringement of a dependent claim after ruling that the claim from which it depends is not infringed; (3) whether…

2Cases cited12 opinions

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Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
Lear, Inc. v. AdkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942

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3Cited by53 opinions

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