Legal Opinion
Skil Corporation v. Lucerne Products, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 12, 1974No. 73-1716PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by defendant Lu-cerne Products, Inc. from a judgment holding Claim 5 of plaintiff Skil Corporation’s Reissue Patent No. 26,781 valid and infringed, declaring defendant Lu-cerne Products, Inc.’s Patent No. 3,389,365 invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) because of sales more than one year before the application was filed, and awarding attorneys’ fees to plaintiff by reason of defendant’s conduct in seeking to defend the latter patent. Both patents cover speed control devices for switches in variable speed portable electric drills.
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