Legal Opinion
The Gentry Gallery, Inc. v. The Berkline Corporation, Defendant/cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 3, 1998No. 97-1076, 97-1104 and 97-1182PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
The Gentry Gallery appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts holding that the Berkline Corporation does not infringe U.S. Patent 5,064,244, and declining to award attorney fees for Gentry’s defense to Berk-line’s assertion that the patent was unenforceable. See Gentry Gallery, Inc. v. Berkline Corp., 30 USPQ2d 1132, 1994 WL 171795 (D.Mass.1994) (Gentry I). Berkline cross-appeals from the decision that the patent was not shown to be invalid. See Gentry Gallery, Inc. v. Berkline Corp., 939 F.Supp. 98, 41 USPQ2d 1345…
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