Legal Opinion
RCA Corp. v. Data General Corp.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided July 15, 1988No. Civ. A. 84-270-JJFPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FARNAN, District Judge.
In this action, RCA Corporation (“RCA”) charged Data General Corporation (“Data General”) with willful and deliberate infringement of U.S. Patent No. 3,345,458 (“the Cole patent”). RCA also accused Data General of having willfully breached a licensing agreement entered into under the Cole patent. 1 Data General denied infringement and asserted a panoply of legal and equitable defenses related primarily to the issues of validity, noninfringement and unenforceability. The Court has jurisdiction over the patent issues pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a), and has pendent…
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