Legal Opinion
A.C. Aukerman Co. v. Miller Formless Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 24, 1982No. 81-3059PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant A.C. Aukerman Co., a patentee, has been held by the District Court to be barred by laches and estoppel from pursuing its patent infringement action against defendant-appellee, Miller Formless Co., Inc. This appeal tests the grant by the court below of defendant-ap-pellee’s motion for summary judgment against Aukerman on those grounds. The skeletal structure is that Aukerman holds two patents concerning a slip-form method of adjustable or asymmetrical highway median construction; one, issued February 12, 1974, covers plaintiff’s method of slip-form…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Studiengesellschaft Kohle Mbh, as Trustee for the Max-Planck-Institut Fur Kohlenforschung v. Eastman Kodak CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Lebold v. Inland Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- Baker Manufacturing Company v. Whitewater Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- Advanced Hydraulics, Inc. v. Otis Elevator CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Jamesbury Corp. v. Litton Industrial Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1988
- Stuart R. Meyers v. Brooks Shoe Inc. And Wolverine World Wide, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
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