Legal Opinion
Cool Light Company, Inc. v. Gte Products Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 21, 1992No. 92-1082PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an unusual and perplexing case. Cool Light Company, Inc. (Cool Light) sought to develop and produce a new and superior light system for television and movies which would emit less heat, would last longer, and would produce better color quality on film. The lights, not surprisingly, were to be called “cool lights.” Cool Light’s founder, George Panagiotou, obtained all rights to the lighting concept and took his idea to Hollywood where he founded Cool Light in 1977. In 1978, Panagiotou was looking for a new supplier of specially coated reflectors needed to…
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