Legal Opinion
RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 20, 1984No. Appeal Nos. 83-782, 83-827PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Circuit Judge.
Appeal No. 83-782 is from the final judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Stapleton, J.) holding U.S. Patent No. 3,345,458 to Cole et al. (the “Cole” patent) invalid as anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102.1
Appellant RCA Corp., the owner of the subject patent, sued its former licensees, Hazeltine Corp. and Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc., for patent infringement. Lear Siegler, Ine., filed a declaratory judgment action in California to have the Cole patent declared invalid. The California suit was consolidated with proceedings before the…
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