Legal Opinion
John Zink Company, Cross-Appellant v. National Airoil Burner Company, Inc., Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1980No. 77-3071PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
John Zink Company (Zink) brought this action against National Airoil Burner Company, Inc. (NAO) for infringement of claims 5, 6, 8, and 10 of Zink’s patent number 2,779,399 (’399 patent), for a Flare Stack Gas Burner, 1 issued January 29,1954. NAO denies that it infringed the patent, and claims that the patent is invalid and obvious in view of the prior art. NAO appeals from a judgment of $100,000 for Zink. Zink cross-appeals contesting the amount' of damages. We affirm the district court’s judgment.
I. FACTS
The subject matter of the ’399 patent is a flare stack burner tip…
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