Legal Opinion
Photo Electronics Corporation v. John M. England, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Ferrex Corporation, Photo Electronics Corporation v. Ferrex Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1978No. 77-2657, 76-1298PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Photo Electronics Corporation sued the Ferrex Corporation for infringement of Patents No. 3,351,707 (’707) and No. 3,471,-740 (’740). Ferrex countered that the patents in suit were obvious, obtained by fraud and not infringed. It counterclaimed that Photo Electronics’ conduct in obtaining the patents and prosecuting the infringement action was violative of the antitrust laws. The district court held the patents valid and infringed, enjoined further infringement, ordered an accounting and dismissed the counterclaim.
Ferrex appealed the finding of liability…
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