Legal Opinion
Continental Can Company Usa, Inc. And Continental Pet Technologies, Inc. v. Monsanto Company, Hoover Universal, Inc. And Johnson Controls, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 26, 1991No. 90-1328PublishedCited by 299 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Continental Can Company USA and Continental PET Technologies (collectively “Continental”) appeal the partial summary judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, holding that United States Patent No. 4,108,324 (the Conobase or ’324 patent) is invalid. 1 Final judgment was entered on this issue, for the purpose of appeal.
Summary Judgment
An issue may be decided on motion for summary judgment when there is no genuine issue of material fact, and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c); Anderson v.…
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