Legal Opinion
Leathem S. Stearn v. Superior Distributing Company, Aggressive Yacht Sales Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1982No. 80-1162PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
Superior Distributing Company and Aggressive Yacht Sails Company appeal from a final judgment holding that they had infringed appellee Stearn’s patent for structural and non-structural multi-grooved units for use in changing sailboat jibs. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan found claims 1, 5, 6, 8 and 11 of the patent in suit, U.S. No. 3,851,609 [hereinafter ’609 patent] valid and infringed. Appellants urge that the finding that Stearn was the first inventor is clearly erroneous for the reason, among others, that Stearn’s…
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