Legal Opinion
Panduit Corporation v. Burndy Corporation and Burndy Midwest, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 9, 1975No. 73-1989PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff Panduit Corporation (Panduit) brought this action, charging the defendants Burndy Corporation and Burndy Midwest, Inc. (collectively, Burndy) with infringement of Panduit Reissue Patent No. 26,492. The district court found the plaintiff’s patent valid and infringed and the defendants appeal.
Background
The patent in suit relates to a hand-held plier-type binder strap tool for tensioning plastic self-locking binder straps around bundles to a predetermined tension and automatically cutting off the free end of the strap when the predetermined tension is reached.…
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