Legal Opinion
Raymond Keith Foster, Keith Mfg. Co., and Keith Sales, Co. v. Hallco Manufacturing Co., Inc., and Olof A. Hallstrom
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 12, 1991No. 90-1299PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Chief Judge.
The United States District Court for the District of Oregon certified for immediate appeal its denial of a motion for partial summary judgment. Foster v. Hallco Mfg. Co., 14 USPQ2d 1746, 1989 WL 138740 (1989) (Frye, J.). Foster filed a declaratory judgment action seeking, inter alia, a declaration of invalidity and unenforceability of Hallco’s patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 4,143,-760 (’760) and 4,184,587 (’587). Hallco moved for partial summary judgment on the ground that Foster was precluded from raising those issues by reason of res judi-cata arising from a consent decree…
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