Legal Opinion
Estee Lauder Inc. v. L'oreal, S.A.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 3, 1997No. 96-1512PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, Circuit Judge.
L’Oreal, S.A. appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 40 USPQ2d 1425, 1996 WL 679430 (D.D.C.1996), reversing a decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and awarding Estee Lauder Inc. priority to an invention for sunscreens utilizing a copper compound to boost their Sun Protection Factor. Because the court erred in holding that Estee Lauder’s inventors did not have to establish that they recognized the success of their invention before the date L’Oreal’s inventors…
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