Legal Opinion

Wang Laboratories, Inc. v. Applied Computer Sciences, Inc., James Abbenhaus and Rodger D. Noel

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided March 11, 1992No. 91-1284PublishedCited by 68 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

This case is an appeal from the March 21, 1991 decision of the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, granting Wang Laboratories, Inc. summary judgment to enforce an unexecuted settlement agreement. Wang Laboratories, Inc. v. Applied Computer Sciences, Inc., 741 F.Supp. 992 (D.Mass.1990). Because we find that Wang was not entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law, we reverse.

BACKGROUND

Wang and Applied Computer Sciences, Inc. (ACS) manufacture and market data processing systems. Initial litigation between the parties concerned Wang’s U.S. Patent…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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