Legal Opinion
Beatrice Foods Co. v. New England Printing and Lithographing Company
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 23, 1991No. 90-1340PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
The principal question in this patent infringement case, here on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, is whether the district court improperly trebled the damages on the theory that the enhanced award was necessary to compensate adequately the patentee for the infringement. An additional issue is whether the court erred in awarding prejudgment interest on the enhanced portion of the award. We hold that the district court erred in both of these rulings.
I
A. The appellee, Beatrice Foods Co. (hereinafter Webcraft, formerly a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- General Motors Corp. v. Devex Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Underwater Devices Incorporated v. Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc. v. Lester A. Haug, Don W. Schmid and Herman GuntherCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
- Paper Converting MacHine Company v. Magna-Graphics CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
- Lam, Inc. v. Johns-Manville Corporation and Johns-Manville Sales CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
9 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by68 opinions
- The Read Corporation and F.T. Read & Sons, Inc. v. Portec, Inc., D/B/A Portec/kolberg DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
- The Johns Hopkins University, Baxter Healthcare Corporation and Becton Dickinson and Company v. Cellpro, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
- DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2009
- In Re Seagate Technology, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2007
- Sri International, Inc. v. Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc. And Atl Washington, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1997
63 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.