Legal Opinion
Molins PLC v. Textron, Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided December 30, 1993No. Civ. A. Nos. 86-446-JJF, 87-275-JJF and 87-163-JJFPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FARNAN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On November 24, 1992, the Court issued a Memorandum Opinion concluding that U.S. Patent Nos. 4,369,563 and 4,621,410 are unenforceable due to inequitable conduct on the part of Plaintiffs Smith and Molins (through the actions of Dennis Whitson and Ivan Hirsh) before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereinafter the “U.S. PTO”) during the prosecution of the ’563 patent. In addition to its inequitable conduct finding, the Court also found that this is an “exceptional case” under 35 U.S.C. § 285. However, because the Court was at that…
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