Legal Opinion
Phillips Plastics Corporation v. Kato Hatsujou Kabushiki Kaisha
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 15, 1995No. 93-1530PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The district court dismissed this declaratory action for absence of a justiciable controversy. On review of the premises, we conclude that the district court’s ruling shall be affirmed. 1
Background
The patentee Kato Hatsujou K.K., a company of Japan, acting through counsel, contacted Phillips Plasties Corporation in October of 1987, stating that certain fasteners made by Phillips Plastics were “covered by” Kato’s United States Patent No. 4,311,421, and inviting Phillips Plastics to take a license under the patent. Phillips Plastics responded that the Kato patent…
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