Legal Opinion
Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. v. Monsanto Co.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided April 23, 1973No. Civ. No. 68-815-WPGPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
WILLIAM P. GRAY, District Judge.
The plaintiff in this patent case seeks an award of attorneys’ fees under 35 U. S.C. § 285, which provides that “[t]he court in exceptional cases may award attorney fees to the prevailing party.” This court is unable to agree that, on the present record, attorneys’ fees should be recovered in this case.
On May 7, 1968, the defendant was issued a patent on a certain chemical compound, and it thereupon publicly charged the plaintiff with infringement. At about the same time the defendant brought a number of infringement actions…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Monolith Portland Midwest Company, a Nevada Corporation v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Park-In-Theatres, Inc. v. PerkinsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- Monsanto Company v. Rohm & Haas CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Purer & Company and Phillip Purer v. Aktiebolaget Addo and Addo MacHine Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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- Technimark, Inc. v. Crellin, Inc.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1998
- Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation v. Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1990