Legal Opinion
CS&M, Inc. v. Covington Bros. Technologies
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1982No. 81-5225PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellant CS&M, the plaintiff below, sued Covington Brothers Technologies and Covington Brothers Building Systems, Inc. for allegedly infringing its patent on a certain type of prefabricated wall panel. The trial court granted summary judgment for the defendants, holding that as a matter of law their wall panel did not infringe appellant’s patent. We affirm.
(I) Infringement is ordinarily a question of fact. Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH v. Eastman Kodak Co., 616 F.2d 1315, 1322 (5th Cir. 1980). When there is no dispute as to the construction of the patented device and…
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- Sanitary Refrigerator Co. v. WintersSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Studiengesellschaft Kohle Mbh, as Trustee for the Max-Planck-Institut Fur Kohlenforschung v. Eastman Kodak CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Cs&M, Incorporated v. Covington Brothers TechnologiesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982