Legal Opinion
The Bendix Corporation and Sellew Corporation v. Balax, Inc. And John M. Van Vleet
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 6, 1973No. 71-1483PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves primarily the scope of the retroactive application of Lear, Inc. v. Adkins, 395 U.S. 653, 89 S.Ct. 1886, 23 L.Ed.2d 610 (1969).
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This suit was commenced on June 17, 1964, seeking to enjoin, and for an accounting of profits and damages resulting from, defendants’ alleged infringement of three patents owned by the plaintiff relating to a fluteless swaging tap.1
Before trial, plaintiff withdrew its patent No. 2,991,491, admitting its invalidity due to plaintiff’s own prior public use. The trial court held plaintiff's patent Re. 24,572 valid and…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- 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 by43 opinions
- George R. Whitten, Jr., Inc., D/B/A Whitten Corporation v. Paddock Pool Builders, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Photovest Corporation, an Indiana Corporation, and Cross-Appellant v. Fotomat Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Edward C. Rea and 22 Ford Inc., a Corporation v. Ford Motor Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Jack Weit v. Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Eli Peritz v. Liberty Loan CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
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