Legal Opinion
State Industries, Inc. v. A.O. Smith Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 3, 1985No. Appeal 84-590PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from the October 5, 1983, Order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, 221 USPQ 958 (1983). The court, sitting without a jury, held appellee’s Lindahl patent No. 4,263,879 (’879), issued April 28, 1981, for “Water Heater,” valid and willfully infringed. We affirm the holdings of validity and infringement, and reverse the holding that infringement was willful.
Background
State Industries, Inc. (State), which manufactures and sells industrial water heaters under its SANDBLASTER mark, sued its competitor A.O.…
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