Legal Opinion
Piher, S. A. v. Cts Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 2, 1981No. 81-1672PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from a dispute over a patent for a variable resistor which is the mechanical structure of an electrical component frequently used in connection with volume controls in radios and televisions. The Patent Office and the district court awarded the patent to CTS, the junior party. We affirm.
Piher filed its patent application on July 30, 1968, twenty months before CTS filed its application for the same invention. Since two applications had been filed for the same device, the Patent Office declared an interference and referred the matter to a three-member…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Morgan v. DanielsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Delong Corporation v. Raymond International, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Cts Corporation v. Piher International Corporation and Piher Sociedad AnonimaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Del Mar Engineering Laboratories v. Physio-Tronics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Rex Chainbelt Inc. v. Borg-Warner Corporation, Rex Chainbelt Inc. v. Carman Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
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