Legal Opinion
Johnson & Johnson v. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided July 28, 1977No. Civ. A. 4334PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff, Johnson & Johnson (“J & J”) has brought an action against W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (“Gore”), charging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 3,002,770 covering a “Threaded Joint with Lubricating and Sealing Ribbon Interposed Between the Threads”. In its answer, defendant denies infringement, and asserts three grounds of invalidity with respect to the patent in suit: lack of inventorship under § 102(f), obviousness under § 103, and anticipation under § 102. In addition, defendant urges that the failure of plaintiff to reveal certain prior art to…
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