Legal Opinion
Columbia Broadcasting System v. Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 7, 1969No. 7291_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
In 1966 CBS brought suit in the district court for the District of Massachusetts against Sylvania claiming the infringement of three patents relating to color television picture tubes. The three *722patents are the Fyler and Rowe patent, No. 2,690,518, and the two Giuffrida patents, Nos. 3,179,836 and 3,222,172. After a lengthy trial the district court held that all three patents were valid and had been infringed. Sylvania brings this appeal.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Lear, Inc. v. AdkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Western States MacH. Co. v. S. S. Hepworth Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Carl Otto v. Koppers Company, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and Wheeling Steel Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Dale Electronics, Inc. v. R. C. L. Electronics, Inc., Dale Electronics, Inc. v. R. C. L. Electronics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
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- Union Carbide Corporation v. Borg-Warner Corporation and Sund-Borg MacHines Corporation, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- Woodstream Corporation v. Herter's, Inc. And George L. HerterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Zenith Radio Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1975
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