Legal Opinion
Hydranautics v. Filmtec Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1995No. 93-56426PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether an antitrust claim is a compulsory counterclaim in a prior patent infringement suit. We conclude that it is not, and reverse the district court’s dismissal of the complaint.
I. Facts.
Under the Saline Water Conversion Act of 1971, the government was to contract for water desalinization research. Title to any inventions resulting from the research was to vest in the United States, and any patents were to be issued to the United States, in order to make discoveries available to the general public. FilmTec v. Hydranautics, 982 F.2d 1546, 1547-48…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- United Mine Workers v. PenningtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking UnlimitedSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by48 opinions
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