Legal Opinion
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. v. Hughes Aircraft Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided October 26, 1976No. Civ. A. No. 74-238PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior Judge.
I. PROCEEDINGS.
Plaintiff Bell Telephone Laboratories (“BTL”) filed suit under 35 U.S.C. § 2911 against defendants Hughes Aircraft Co. (“Hughes”) and General Instruments Corp. (“GI”) to determine priority of their respective patents related to methods of making silicon-gate field-effect transistors.2 GI filed an answer to plaintiffs complaint and a response to a motion to dismiss brought by Hughes, but thereafter offered no contest in this action.3 Shortly after its withdrawal in this action, GI filed a formal abandonment of contest in interference…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Ackermann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Klapprott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Tozer v. Charles A. Krause Milling Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- Toney Gomes, Jr. v. Ellen L. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Willis E. Wilson, Rep., Estate of Tomikia Wilson v. Good Humor Corporation and David A. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Benavidez v. BenavidezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1983
- Cts Corporation v. Piher International Corporation and Piher Sociedad AnonimaCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
- In re Master Key Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1977
- Jefferson Bank v. Devault Manufacturing Co. (In Re Devault Manufacturing Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
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