Legal Opinion
Senza-Gel Corporation, Appellants/cross-Appellees v. John B. Seiffhart, Goehring Meat, Inc., and Ohi, Inc., Appellees/cross
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 2, 1986No. Appeal 85-2780, 85-2781PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Certified question from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, relating to the criteria employed by the court in rendering summary judgment of patent misuse. We answer the inquiry in the affirmative.
Background
Appellants (Senza-Gel) sued all appellees, asserting numerous claims under state and federal law. One such claim was for infringement of Senza-Gel’s process patent No. 3,644,125.1 The district court separated the issues of patent validity and direct infringement for trial before all other issues. The jury returned a verdict that the…
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