Legal Opinion
Moleculon Research Corporation v. Cbs, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 16, 1986No. Appeal 85-2096PublishedCited by 270 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, reported at 594 F.Supp. 1420, holding claims 3-5 and 9 of Moleculon Research Corporation’s U.S. Pat ent No. 3,655,201 (’201 patent) valid and infringed by certain of the well-known Rubik’s Cube puzzles. We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand.
Background
Moleculon, as assignee of the ’201 patent which issued to Larry D. Nichols, sued CBS Inc., as successor to the Ideal Toy Corporation, alleging infringement of claims 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9 of the ’201 patent.
Nichols and…
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