Legal Opinion

Syntex Ophthalmics, Inc. v. Nick N. Novicky

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided July 2, 1986No. Appeal 86-563, 86-621PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

This is the third time this case has come here, and we refer to our two previous opinions for the basic facts and prior rulings. Syntex Ophthalmics, Inc. v. Novicky, 745 F.2d 1423, 223 USPQ 695 (Fed.Cir.1984) (Sy ntex I), vacated, — U.S. —, 105 S.Ct. 1740, 84 L.Ed.2d 807 (1985), was our first and more extensive decision. The Supreme Court set aside that decision on one point because we had applied the federal law of former adjudication, rather than Illinois law, to an antecedent Illinois state decision on the ownership of certain patents involved in the case. In Syntex…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Farmer v. Arabian American Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Chore-Time Equipment, Inc. v. Cumberland CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
  3. Syntex Ophthalmics, Inc. v. Nick N. Novicky, George F. Tsuetaki v. Nick N. NovickyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
  4. Syntex Ophthalmics, Inc. v. Nick N. Novicky, George F. Tsuetaki v. Nick N. NovickyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985
  5. Syntex Ophthalmics, Inc. v. NovickyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983

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