Legal Opinion
Anne D. Nickola v. Kenneth Peterson, D/B/A Kaydee Products Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1978No. 76-1916PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge,
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 by plaintiff-patentee, Anne D. Nickola (Nickola), from the district court’s patent invalidity decision after a six-day jury trial. 1 The complaint against defendant, Kenneth Peterson d/b/a Kaydee Products Company (Peterson), contains count I, alleging infringement of claims 4 and 21 in Nickola’s patent, 2 and count II, alleging wrongful use of trade secrets. In a special verdict of fifteen interrogatories, the jury found for Nickola on the patent count and determined her damages as $6,230.00. On the trade…
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