Legal Opinion
Nuclear-Chicago Corp. And Hal O. Anger v. Nuclear Data, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 23, 1972No. 72-1241PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
May plaintiffs in a patent-infringement action prove the irreparable damages requisite to a preliminary injunction by demonstrating the existence of a finite market for their product or by positing potential competition from third parties? This question is presented by the district court’s issuance of a preliminary injunction restraining defendant from infringing the Anger patent despite the court’s finding that defendant “is a large, solvent corporation that should be able to respond in money damages at some time in the future.”
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2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Foundry Services, Inc. v. Beneflux CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- Lawrence v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Tele-Controls, Inc. And Audio Systems Co. v. Ford Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
- J. M. Fields of Anderson, Inc. And Enterprise-J. M. Fields, Inc. v. The Kroger Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Smith International, Inc., a California Corporation v. Hughes Tool Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
- Nutrition 21 v. The United States of America v. Thorne Research, Inc., Albert F. CzapCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
- OAO Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2001
- Signode Corporation v. Weld-Loc Systems, Inc. And Strapex AgCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Bannum, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2003
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