Legal Opinion
Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc., Exxon Corporation and Exxon Research and Engineering Co. v. Lubrizol Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 1, 1995No. 93-1275, 94-1309PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1555CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.
Lubrizol Corporation (Lubrizol) appeals the February 5,1993 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, inter alia holding that U.S. Patent No. 4,867,890 assigned to Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc. (Exxon) is not invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102 or § 103 (1988) and is enforceable, and that Lubrizol willfully infringed the claims of the ’890 patent. We reverse the judgment of infringement.1 We vacate the award of attorneys’ fees and costs to Exxon, the injunction entered against Lubrizol, and the damage award entered on…
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