Legal Opinion

American Hospital Supply Corp. v. Travenol Laboratories, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided September 26, 1984No. Appeal No. 83-1401PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge.

In this unfair competition case under 19 U.S.C. § 1337 (1982), appellants American Hospital Supply Corporation and Massachusetts General Hospital (American) appeal from the determination of the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission), that appellees Travenol Laboratories, Inc., and Pfrimmer & Company (Travenol) are not in violation of section 1337 because they do not infringe Fischer, U.S. patent No. 3,950,529 (the Fischer ’529 patent). We affirm.

The Claimed Invention

The Fischer ’529 patent, which is assigned to American, relates to an amino acid…

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3Cited by39 opinions

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