Legal Opinion
Newell Companies, Inc. v. Kenney Manufacturing Company, Defendant/cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 15, 1989No. 85-2232, 86-711, 86-742 and 86-1018PublishedCited by 252 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Circuit Judge.
Newell Companies, Inc., appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, 606 F.Supp. 1282, 226 USPQ 157 (D.R.I.1985) (Boyle, C.J.), in a patent infringement suit brought against Kenney Manufacturing Company. Following a jury trial in which the jury answered interrogatories responding, inter alia, that no claims in issue of United States Patent No. 4,006,770 (the ’770 patent), owned by Newell, were proved invalid for obviousness under the standard of 35 U.S.C. § 103 (1982), the district court granted Kenney’s reserved motion…
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