Legal Opinion
Refac International, Ltd. And Forward Reference Systems, Ltd. v. Lotus Development Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 8, 1996No. 95-1350PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Refac International, Ltd. and Forward Reference Systems, Ltd. (“FRS”) appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York holding that FRS’s patent is unenforceable on the ground of inequitable conduct. REFAC Int’l, Ltd. v. Lotus Dev. Corp., 887 F.Supp. 539 (S.D.N.Y.1995). Because the district court did not make clearly erroneous factual findings or abuse its discretion in determining that the inventors, Rene K. Par-do and Remy Landau, engaged in inequitable conduct, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
The patent in suit, U.S. Patent…
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