Legal Opinion

Rixon Inc. v. Racal-Milgo, Inc.

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided July 2, 1982No. Civ. A. 78-18PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

STAPLETON, District Judge:

Rixon, Inc. here seeks a declaratory judgment that certain United States patents held by Racal-Milgo, Inc. (“Milgo”) are invalid, unenforceable and uninfringed. Mil-go has counterclaimed for relief against alleged infringements by Rixon, Inc. For present purposes our focus is on three patents — No. 3,524,023 (“Whang ’023”), issued to Sang Whang; No. 3,643,023 (“Payne ’023”), issued to Paul Payne and Robert Ragsdale; and No. 3,590,381 (“Rags-dale ’381”) issued to Robert Ragsdale. All involve electronic circuits used in devices known as “modems.”

A modem, short…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Montana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. Precision Instrument Manufacturing Co. v. Automotive Maintenance MacHinery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Rose Hall, Ltd. v. Chase Manhattan Overseas Banking Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1983
  2. Pollack v. Federal Deposit Insurance (In Re Monument Record Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1987
  3. Rohm and Haas Co. v. Brotech Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1991
  4. United Business Communications, Inc. v. Racal-Milgo, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 1984
  5. Revlon, Inc. v. Carson Products Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1985

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