Legal Opinion

Rohm and Haas Company, Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. Brotech Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided December 4, 1997No. 97-1024, 97-1063PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RADER, Circuit Judge.

Rohm & Haas Company (R & H) sued Brotech Corporation for infringement of U.S. Patents Nos. 4,256,840 (the ’840 patent), 4,382,124 (the ’124 patent), and 4,224,415 (the ’415 patent). Brotech asserted defenses of noninfringement and inequitable conduct. After a three-week bench trial, the district court determined that R & H did not prove infringement, and that Brotech did not prove by clear and convincing evidence that R & H had conducted itself inequitably before the Patent and Trademark Office.

Both parties appeal. R & H complains that the trial court did not accord…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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