Legal Opinion
Handgards, Inc., a Corporation v. Ethicon, Inc., a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 26, 1984No. 83-1575, 83-1646PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Handgards, Inc. (Handgards) filed this suit against Ethicon, Inc. (Ethicon) for initiating and pursuing a series of bad faith patent infringement suits in an attempt to monopolize the market for heat-sealed plastic gloves sold to manufacturers of home hair coloring kits. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Handgards, and Ethicon appealed. In Handgards, Inc. v. Ethicon, Inc., 601 F.2d 986 (9th Cir.1979) (Handgards I), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 1025, 100 S.Ct. 688, 62 L.Ed.2d 659 (1980), we established a clear and convincing standard for section 2 antitrust liability…
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