Legal Opinion
Polaroid Corporation v. Eastman Kodak Company
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 25, 1986No. Appeal 86-604PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Zobel, J.), holding claims of seven patents issued to Polaroid Corporation (Polaroid) valid and infringed. 228 USPQ 305, 344 (¿.Mass.1985). We affirm the appealed portions of the judgment in all respects.
I. Background
Polaroid sued Kodak on April 26, 1976 for infringement, 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), and for actively inducing infringement, 35 U.S.C. § 271(b), of ten Polaroid patents. The complaint requested issuance of temporary and permanent injunctions,…
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