Legal Opinion
Fox Industries, Inc. v. Structural Preservation Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 14, 1991No. 89-1353, 90-1304PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
In 1983, appellant Fox Industries, Inc. (Fox), filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Appellant accused appellee Structural Preservation Systems, Inc. (SPS) of infringing U.S. Patent No. 4,019,301 (the ’301 patent). The ’301 patent covers fiberglass encase-ments which protect concrete bridge piles from water erosion.
After a two-week trial, the district court refused to enforce any of the '301 patent’s claims due to appellant’s inequitable con duct before the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). See Fox Indus. Inc. v. Structural…
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