Legal Opinion
Colortronic Reinhard & Co., K.G. v. Plastic Controls, Inc., Colortronic Reinhard & Co., K.G. v. Plastic Controls, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 4, 1981No. 80-1698, 80-1733PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Colortronic Reinhard & Company, K.G., and Colortronics, Inc. (hereinafter referred to collectively as “Colortronics”) appeal from the district court’s judgment, 496 F.Supp. 259, declaring Colortronics’ patent, No. 3,814,296 (more particularly its Claims 1 and 5) invalid for obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103; its holding that defendant Plastic Controls, Inc. (“PCI”) did not infringe on this patent; and the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees to PCI under 35 U.S.C. § 285. Defendant Plastic Controls, Inc. appeals from the district court’s award…
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