Legal Opinion
Ppg Industries v. Guardian Industries Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 25, 1998No. 97-1513PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BRYSON. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge MICHEL.
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a type of glass composition known as “solar control glass,” which is used to produce tinted automobile windows. PPG Industries, Inc., sued Guardian Industries Corp. in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, asserting that Guardian was infringing PPG’s U.S. Patent No. 5,240,886 (the ’886 patent) by marketing a type of solar control glass known as Solar Management Glass (SMG). After a ten-day trial, a jury concluded…
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