Legal Opinion
Alden W. Hanson v. Alpine Valley Ski Area, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 6, 1983No. Appeal 83-586PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan adopting the report of the United States Magistrate determining the damages in a patent infringement case. We affirm.
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The patent involved in this case was issued to the appellee Hanson in 1961. It covers a method and apparatus for making snow used in winter sports. Prior to Hanson’s invention, snow was made by mixing water and compressed air, and ejecting the combination under high pressure from a nozzle. The water froze and, by combining with water in the air,…
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