Legal Opinion
Sterner Lighting, Inc. v. Allied Electrical Supply, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 21, 1970No. 28599_1PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
The subject of this patent-infringement suit is lamp-post bases. The trial court held appellees’ patent on their lamppost base valid and found appellants liable for infringement. On this appeal, we agree with the trial court that the patent was valid, but we find the judgment of infringement to be based upon an overly generous reading of the claims, and accordingly we reverse and render judgment for appellants.
Both companies have been in the lamppost base business for a number of years. Before either the patent at suit issued or the allegedly infringing device was…
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