WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS v. FRED A. NILES COM. CTR., INC.

No. 15703.

369 F.2d 230 (1966)

WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FRED A. NILES COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

November 9, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis A. Utecht, Long Beach, Cal., Francis A. Even, James J. Schumann, Chicago, Ill., Fulwider, Patton, Rieber, Lee & Utecht, Long Beach, Cal., Anderson, Luedeka, Fitch, Even & Tabin, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Owen J. Ooms, Erwin F. Adams, Chicago, Ill., Lawrence W. Skebelsky, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellees.

Before DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, and CASTLE and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This suit is for the alleged infringement of United States Patent No. 3,118,340 entitled "Panoramic Motion Picture Camera Arrangement." The patent was issued on January 21, 1964 to Ub Iwerks who has assigned his interest to plaintiff. Claim 8 of the patent is at issue.

In the District Court, defendants argued 1) the patent in suit is invalid because it fails the test of nonobviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103; 2) that its specification...

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