Ksm Fastening Systems, Inc. v. H.A. Jones Company, Inc. And Erico Jones Company

I agree that this case should be remanded for further findings on the question of equivalency, but I do not endorse the *1533sweeping rules of law and procedure espoused by the majority.

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The question before the court is the law to be applied in the contempt action brought by KSM against Jones, an adjudged infringer that had modified its infringing insulation device in an attempt to avoid an existing injunction against infringement. On the facts of this case, it is a narrow question.

The broad question of law and procedure in patent contempt actions has occasioned great diversity among the circuits.…