Legal Opinion
Wentworth v. GULTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided August 24, 1982No. Civ. A. CA-3-80-0785-GPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
This patent infringement suit involves computer-activated electronic visual display systems for motor vehicles. On December 17, 1971, plaintiff Wentworth filed a patent application for a visual display system 1 using a special purpose digital computer to operate a flip-dot display manufactured by Ferranti-Packard Electronics, Inc., a Canadian corporation. The patent was first rejected based on prior art and then approved with amendments.
Defendant Guitón Industries, Inc. (“Guitón”), after experimenting with liquid crystal display…
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