Legal Opinion
Kearney & Trecker Corporation v. Giddings & Lewis, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 17, 1972No. 18354PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
There are 60 separate claims in plaintiff’s twice reissued Brainard patent.1 Plaintiff originally contended that 29 of the claims were infringed by defendant’s machines.2 After discovery, plaintiff *581dramatically changed its position. Its charges of infringement were limited to the contention that defendant’s vertical spindle machine (Model 15V) infringed claim 15 and that its horizontal spindle machine (Model 25H) infringed claims 19 and 20. Moreover, before the trial commenced, plaintiff advised its licensees, and presumably the trade generally, that it would not…
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