Legal Opinion
Eastman Kodak Co. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 20, 1997No. Nos. 95-1511, 95-1512, 95-1532 and 95-1533PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RADER. Circuit Judge LOURIE dissents in part.
RADER, Circuit Judge.
In this patent case, a jury found that Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Goodyear) and Shell Oil Company (Shell) infringed U.S. Patent No. 4,064,112 (112 patent). The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee sustained the verdict that defendants’ continuous solid state (CSS) production lines 1 and 2 infringed the 112 patent. The district court, however, granted defendants’ motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) that CSS lines 3-8, 10 and 11 did not…
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