Legal Opinion

Lindemann Maschinenfabrik Gmbh v. American Hoist & Derrick Company, Harris Press & Shear Division and Commercial Metals Company

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided February 12, 1990No. 89-1201PublishedCited by 69 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARKEY, Chief Judge.

Lindemann Maschinenfabrik GmbH (Lin-demann) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, (via Magistrate Brown), No. H-80-2333 (November 18, 1988), awarding Lindemann damages of $10,000; refusing to find willful the infringement of American Hoist and Derrick Company, Harris Press and Shear Division, or Commercial Metals Company (collectively AmHoist); and denying Lindemann attorney fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 (1982). We affirm the judgment in all respects.

BACKGROUND

We do not here discuss U.S. Patent No. 3,945,315 (’315) or…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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