Legal Opinion
Hottel Corp. v. Seaman Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 25, 1987No. 18-1341PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHER, Circuit Judge.
Hottel Corp. (Hottel) appeals from the summary judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in favor of Seaman Corp. (Seaman) denying relief for alleged infringement on the basis of laches and estoppel. Hottel Corp. v. Seaman Corp., No. C85-3165A (N.D.Ohio December 22, 1986). We affirm that part of the judgment based on laches and reverse that part of the judgment based on estoppel.
Background
On October 22,1985, Hottel sued Seaman for infringement of four patents 1 owned by Hottel, which were originally issued to its sole employee, Carl…
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