Legal Opinion
Smith International, Inc., a California Corporation v. Hughes Tool Company, a Delaware Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 6, 1983No. Appeal 83-677PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SKELTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which denied a motion of defendant-appellant Hughes Tool Company (Hughes) for the entry of a preliminary injunction against plaintiff-appellee, Smith International, Inc. (Smith) to prevent the further infringement by Smith of two patents owned by Hughes, which the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had previously declared valid, and which Smith had admitted it had infringed and was continuing to infringe. For reasons stated below, we reverse the decision of the…
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