Legal Opinion
Polymer Industrial Products Company and Polymer Enterprises Corporation v. Bridgestone/firestone, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 26, 2003No. 03-1176PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio dismissed the infringement suit brought by Polymer Industrial Products Company and Polymer Enterprises Corporation (collectively PIPCO). Polymer Indus. Prods. Co. v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., 211 F.R.D. 312 (N.D.Ohio 2002). Because PIPCO’s infringement claim was a compulsory coun- terclaim under Fed.R.Civ.P. 18(a) in prior litigation and PIPCO waived the claim by not asserting it in the prior action, this court affirms.
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PIPCO is the owner of United States Patent No. 4,381,331, which claims improvements…
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