Legal Opinion
In re Yarn Processing Patent Validity Litigation
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided March 6, 1979No. MDL No. 82PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING LEX TEX’S DEMAND FOR A JURY TRIAL
ATKINS, Chief Judge.
These cases were joined with several others that were transferred pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407.1 The current infringement actions were brought by Lex Tex following a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that Lex Tex’s patents have been misused and are thus unenforceable; In re Yarn Processing Patent Validity Litigation, 398 F.Supp. 31 (S.D.Fla.1975), aff’d 541 F.2d 1127 (5th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 433 U.S. 910, 97 S.Ct. 2976, 53 L.Ed.2d 1094 (1977). The complaints filed by Lex Tex against the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- In Re Yarn Processing Patent Validity Litigation (No. II)District Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1984
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