Legal Opinion
The Aro Corporation v. Allied Witan Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1976No. 75--1510PublishedCited by 240 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge,
U. S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
This is an appeal from the district court’s order for specific performance of an agreement between Allied Witan Company (Allied) and The Aro Corporation (Aro). The agreement formed the basis for settlement of patent infringement litigation before the same district court. We affirm.
Background
In 1971 Aro instituted suit against Allied, alleging infringement of its U.S. Patent No. 2,950,775. Allied filed a counterclaim, seeking declaratory judgment of non-infringement of any valid claim and alleging unfair-competition and anti-trust…
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