Legal Opinion

Telecom Technical Services Inc. v. Rolm Co.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided October 21, 2004No. 02-14131PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, a group of independent telephone service companies and telephone system customers, appeal the dismissal on summary judgment of their antitrust claim against Siemens Rolm Communications (“Siemens”). The issue is whether Siemens’s refusal to sell or license patented or copyrighted goods to the appellants is an illegal use of monopoly power in a secondary market. The appellants also appeal the jury verdicts on Siemens’s cross-claims against them stemming from copyright and patent infringement.

I. Facts

Siemens produces private branch exchanges (“PBXs”), also…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Simpson v. Union Oil Co. of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Data General Corp. v. Grumman Systems Support Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by31 opinions

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