Legal Opinion
Nilssen v. Osram Sylvania, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 10, 2007No. 2006-1550PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Ole K. Nilssen and the Geo Foundation, Ltd. (collectively, “appellants”) .appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in favor of Osram Sylvania, Inc. and Osram Sylvania Products, Inc. (collectively, “Osram”) holding fifteen patents issued to Nilssen and exclusively licensed to the Geo Foundation unenforceable for inequitable conduct. Because the district court did not abuse its discretion, we affirm the court’s entry of judgment of unen-forceability.
BACKGROUND
Nilssen is the inventor on a large number of patents…
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