Legal Opinion
Digital Equipment Corporation v. Sidney A. Diamond, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 12, 1981No. 80-1377PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
The district court proceeding from which this appeal is taken was instituted by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) with the object of overturning a decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) striking from the files, on grounds of “fraud,” DEC’s application for reissue of a patent. Computer Operations, Inc. (COI), DEC’s adversary in ongoing patent infringement litigation, intervened as a defendant. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the district court found for the PTO and COI, and DEC now appeals.
Central to the appeal is a question of first…
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