Legal Opinion
Structural Rubber Products Company v. Park Rubber Company and International Metals and MacHines Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 9, 1984No. Appeal 83-1326PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Circuit Judge.
Structural Rubber Products Co. appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered September 30, 1983, holding Park Rubber Company and International Metals and Machines, Inc., (collectively, Park) not liable for infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 3,843,051 and 4,117,977, owned by appellant. The district court’s judgment is based on invalidity of the patents for lack of novelty (35 U.S.C. § 102) in accordance with an answer given by a jury within a special verdict.
In answer to other specific questions, the jury found…
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