Legal Opinion
Ppg Industries, Inc., (77-3166), (77-3167) v. Guardian Industries Corporation, (77-3166), (77-3167)
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1979No. 77-3166, 77-3167PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
The question in this case is whether the surviving or resultant corporation in a statutory merger acquires patent license rights of the constituent corporations. The plaintiff, PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG), appeals from a judgment of the district court dismissing its patent infringement action on the ground that the defendant, Guardian Industries, Corp. (Guardian), as licensee of the patents in suit, was not an infringer. Guardian cross-appeals from a holding by the district court that its alternate defense based on an equipment license agreement was ineffective. The…
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