Legal Opinion
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company v. The Hercules Tire & Rubber Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 10, 1998No. 97-1199, 97-1223PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, holding that the “Power Trac” retread design of the Hercules Tire & Rubber Company does not infringe Goodyear’s United States Design Patent No. 349,080 (the ’080 patent). 1 Hercules cross appeals the district court’s determination that the ’080 patent is not unenforceable for inequitable conduct. We affirm the decisions of the district court.
BACKGROUND
Goodyear’s ’080 patent, inventor Robert P. Loser, is for a design of a tire tread, as…
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