Legal Opinion
Comair Rotron, Inc. v. Nippon Densan Corporation and Nidec Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 24, 1995No. 93-1397PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN. Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge RADER.
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut granted summary judgment in favor of Nippon Densan Corporation and its United States subsidiary Nidec Corporation (collectively “Nidec”), holding that Comair Rotron, Inc. (“Rotron”) was collaterally estopped from charging Nidec with infringement of Rotron’s United States Patents No. 4,494,028 (“the ’028 patent”) and No. 4,779,069 (“the ’069 patent”).1 We reverse the grant of summary judgment, for…
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