Sidney O. Sampson v. Ampex Corporation

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents us, apparently for the first time, with issues involving the application in patent infringement litigation of the estoppel rule of Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation, 402 U.S. 313, 91 S.Ct. 1434, 28 L.Ed.2d 788 (1971). Judge Charles M. Metzner of the Southern District of New York found the Blonder-Tongue doctrine applicable to this suit, and ordered Sidney O. Sampson’s patent infringement complaint dismissed. For the reasons given below, we affirm.

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