Legal Opinion
Lam, Inc. v. Johns-Manville Corporation and Johns-Manville Sales Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1982No. 80-1060PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
Defendants Johns-Manville Corporation and Johns-Manville Sales Corporation (collectively, J-M) appeal from a trial court judgment that they infringed a patent held by Lam, Inc. The court awarded Lam treble damages and attorneys’ fees, and enjoined J-M from subsequent infringement.
Lam’s patent, No. 3,950,638, issued on April 13, 1976, is for a lighting fixture (luminaire) that permits indoor use of a high intensity discharge (HID) lamp in rooms of average ceiling height. The first of the patent’s two independent claims — for a luminaire with a fluted reflective bowl— is…
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