Legal Opinion
Filmtec Corporation v. Hydranautics
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 23, 1996No. 94-1034PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Circuit Judge NEWMAN filed a separate opinion in which she concurs in the judgment.
PLAGER, Circuit Judge.
This case addresses the tension between the rights of a patentee seeking a remedy and the rights of a competitor seeking recompense for litigation that is claimed to be anticompetitive and violative of the antitrust laws. The district court denied the alleged infringer’s motion to amend its answer to a complaint of patent infringement. The amendment was for the purpose of adding a counterclaim for antitrust violations. The district court also denied a motion for restitution for losses…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United Mine Workers v. PenningtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking UnlimitedSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Dcd Programs, Ltd. v. Michael W. Leighton, Hill, Farrer & BurrillCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Nobelpharma AB v. Implant Innovations, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
- Hydranautics v. Filmtec Corporation, OpinionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Nobelpharma Ab v. Implant Innovations, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
- LiButti v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Hydranautics v. FilmTec Corp.District Court, S.D. California · 2003
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