Legal Opinion
Mendenhall v. Barber-Greene Co.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 14, 1994No. Nos. 91-1109, 91-1131, 91-1317 and 92-1244PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, Astee Industries, Inc., and its subsidiary Barber-Greene Company, invoke principles of collateral estoppel as enunciated in Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation, 402 U.S. 313, 91 S.Ct. 1434, 28 L.Ed.2d 788, 169 USPQ 513 (1971), as the basis for overturning the judgments against each of them, entered in separate suits for infringement of United States Patents No. Re. 31,904 (’904) and Re. 31,905 (’905), owned by Robert L. Menden-hall and his exclusive licensee CMI Corporation (collectively Mendenhall). The collateral estoppel…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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