Legal Opinion
John H. Hartley, Jr., M.D. v. Mentor Corporation, Defendant/third-Party v. American Hospital Supply Corporation, Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 14, 1989No. 88-1641PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Circuit Judge.
John H. Hartley, Jr., appeals from the July 14, 1987 final judgment of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, No. CV-86-7738-JSL, dismissing with prejudice his complaint against Mentor Corporation involving his United States Patent No. 3,934,274 (’274 patent). On a motion for summary judgment, the court ruled that because the ’274 patent had been held invalid in prior litigation, Hartley v. Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co., 222 USPQ 590 (C.D.Cal.1983) (the 3M case), Hartley was precluded from relitigat-ing the validity of the patent in this…
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