Legal Opinion
Litton Systems, Inc. v. Whirlpool Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 14, 1984No. Appeal 83-1004PublishedCited by 202 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered on April 28,1983, in which the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, after a bench trial, held valid a United States utility patent and a United States design patent, both owned by Litton Systems. The district court also found that certain microwave ovens manufactured and sold by Whirlpool Corporation infringe these two patents, bear a false designation of origin as prohibited by Section 43(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. § 1125-(a) (1982), and by the Minnesota Uniform Deceptive Trade…
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