Legal Opinion
Nashua Corp. v. RCA Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 3, 1970No. Nos. 7540, 7553PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
The principal question presented by these cross appeals is whether the district court erred in holding invalid as obvious an RCA patent — Greig patent 3,052,540 [hereinafter sometimes patent ’540] — which specified 29 organic dyes which increase the sensitivity of the electrophotographic copying paper used in many office copying machines.
Harold Greig, a scientist employed by RCA, obtained the patent in 1962 on the basis of discoveries made in 1953. Soon thereafter RCA granted a license to various companies, including Nashua Corporation, to use its patent in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Hazeltine Research, Inc. v. BrennerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Application of Edwin H. Land and Howard G. RogersCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1966
- Koppers Company, Inc. v. Foster Grant Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1968
- University of Illinois Foundation v. Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
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- Flour City Architectural Metals v. Alpana Aluminum Products, Inc., Alpana Aluminum Products, Inc. v. Flour City Architectural MetalsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Norton Company, Appellant-Cross v. Carborundum Company, Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
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