Legal Opinion
McV Inc. v. King-Seeley Thermos Company
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 12, 1989No. 88-1328PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MAYER, Circuit Judge.
MCV, Inc., appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, No. 86-C-4180 (Feb. 10,1988), dismissing MCV’s complaint for a determination of inventorship and co-ownership, and for correction of inventorship of U.S. Patent No. 4,600,148. The district court held MCV equitably estopped from asserting a co-inventorship claim, and not entitled to co-inventorship status. We agree that MCV is equitably estopped, and affirm on that basis; we do not address the co-inventorship claim except to the extent necessary to our…
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