Legal Opinion
Westvaco Corporation v. International Paper Company
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 31, 1993No. 92-1205PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Circuit Judge.
Westvaco Corporation brought suit in the United States District court for the Eastern District of Virginia against International Paper Company (IPC) for a declaratory judgment that IPC’s Reissue Patent No. 33,376 is invalid and unenforceable, that Westvaco’s product does not infringe the patent, and that Westvaco is entitled to intervening rights. IPC denied Westvaco’s claims and counterclaimed for willful infringement.
After a bench trial, the district court held the patent not invalid, enforceable, and willfully infringed, and denied Westvaco’s claim for intervening…
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