Legal Opinion
Polaroid Corp. v. Eastman Kodak Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 11, 1986No. Civ. A. 76-1634-ZPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
ZOBEL, District Judge.
Polaroid Corporation, the assignee of numerous patents in the field of instant photography, brought this action against Eastman Kodak Company for infringement of twelve of its patents relating to the art/technology of both film and camera. Kodak denied infringement and alleged that all of the patents are invalid or unenforceable or both.
One of the film patents, U.S. Patent No. 3,761,269, this Court, on Kodak’s motion for summary judgment, held invalid as obvious within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 103. The parties waived their claims of infringement…
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