Legal Opinion
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. v. Hughes Aircraft Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided July 19, 1976No. Civ. A. 74-238PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. (“BTL”), seeks relief under 35 U.S.C. § 291 1 against defendants Hughes Aircraft Co. (“Hughes”) and General Instruments Corp. (“G.I.”). BTL alleges that an interference exists between its United States Letters Patent Number 3,475,234 (the Kerwin patent), and United States Letters Patent Numbers 3,544,399 (the Dill patent) and 3,576,478 (the Watkins patent), owned by Hughes and G.I. respectively. BTL seeks an adjudication of that interference and a declaration that it is the sole owner of the patent…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Marshall B. Alpert v. Harvey L. SlatinCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1962
- Sinko Tool & Manufacturing Co. v. Automatic Devices Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. v. Hughes Aircraft Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1976
- Rohm and Haas Co. v. Dawson Chemical Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1983
- Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated v. Hughes Aircraft Company, and General Instrument CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Stanley Works v. McKinney Manufacturing Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1981
- Andrew Corp. v. Cablewave Systems, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1978