Legal Opinion

Hewlett-Packard Company, Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided October 6, 1989No. 88-1590, 88-1591PublishedCited by 111 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NIES, Circuit Judge.

Bausch and Lomb Incorporated (B & L) appeals from a final judgment, in favor of Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), entered by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in a patent infringement suit. Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Bausch & Lomb Inc., 692 F.Supp. 1118 (N.D.Cal.1988). The judgment is based on the district court’s holdings that B & L's United States Patent No. Re. 31,684 (’684) is unenforceable and partially invalid. We affirm-in-part, vacate-in-part, and remand.

The court held claims 10-12, which were added during reissue, invalid because B &…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Pullman-Standard v. SwintSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Liljeberg v. Health Services Acquisition Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Aetna Life Insurance v. LavoieSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Kingsdown Medical Consultants, Ltd. And E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. v. Hollister IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by111 opinions

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  3. Aromatique, Inc., Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Gold Seal, Inc., and Darrell Bufford, Appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  4. Nobelpharma AB v. Implant Innovations, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
  5. Labounty Manufacturing, Inc. v. United States International Trade Commission, Dudley Shearing MacHine Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992

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