Legal Opinion
Usm Corporation v. Sps Technologies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 3, 1982No. 78-2307, 81-1878 and 81-1908PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals bring up to us several rulings, made in 1978 and 1981, disposing of various aspects of a patent suit. See 453 F.Supp. 743 (N.D.Ill.1978); 514 F.Supp. 213 (N.D.Ill.1981). The district court has certified these rulings for immediate appeal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b). The rulings involve the res judicata effect of patent consent decrees, fraud as a defense to res judicata, and the lawfulness of differential patent royalties under antitrust and patent-misuse principles.
SPS, a manufacturer of industrial fasteners, owned a patent, issued in 1963, on a…
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