Legal Opinion
Caterpillar Tractor Co., a California Corporation v. Berco, S.P.A., Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 25, 1983No. Appeal 83-553PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Appeal from a judgment of the district court for the District of Wyoming, holding claims 1, 10 and 19 infringed. We affirm.
Background
Caterpillar Tractor Co. (Caterpillar) sued Berco, S.p.A. (Berco), a replacement parts manufacturer, and Wortham Machinery Co. *1112(Wortham), Berco’s distributor, in Wyoming for infringement of Caterpillar’s Patent No. 3,841,718 (’718 patent) for an “Augmented Crescent Seal With Compensating Load Ring” issued to Harold L. Reinsma (Reins-ma) and assigned to Caterpillar.
After Caterpillar had charged Berco’s type I seal as an infringement, Berco, on…
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