Legal Opinion
SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 29, 1978No. Civ. 15807PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This case presents important issues concerning the relationship between the patent laws and the antitrust laws. The issues arise in the procedural context of a private treble damage action brought pursuant to § 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15, and tried to a jury. The factual context is the manufacturing and marketing of office photocopy machines — machines capable of automatically creating copies of an original document.
Plaintiff is SCM Corporation, 1 a conglomerate with annual revenues in excess of $1 billion. During the 1960’s SCM was among…
2Cases cited92 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Berkey Photo, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Eastman Kodak Company, Defendant-Appellant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Handgards, Inc., a Corporation v. Ethicon, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- United States v. LTV Corp. (In re Chateaugay Corp.)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
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