Legal Opinion
Motorola, Inc. v. CBS, INC.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 14, 1986No. 84 C 3427PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GRADY, Chief Judge.
This patent infringement case is before us on the motion of defendant CBS, Inc. (“CBS”) for summary judgment. For the reasons given below, the motion is granted in part and denied in part.
FACTS
The facts are undisputed. The patent at issue, U.S. Patent No. 3,546,355 (“the “Maynard patent”) was issued on December 8, 1970, to Motorola, the assignee of the inventor Maynard. Oversimplified, the Maynard patent claims electronic circuitry which automatically controls organ music.
On July 27, 1972, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“Patent Office”)…
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