CHEMITHON CORPORATION v. PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

Nos. 13325, 13326.

427 F.2d 893 (1970)

The CHEMITHON CORPORATION, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. The PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, and the Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Marshall, Chicago, Ill. (Charles J. Merriam, Alvin D. Shulman, and Merriam, Marshall, Shapiro & Klose, Chicago, Ill., H. Vernon Eney and Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant.

George B. Finnegan, Jr., New York City (William D. Denson, Jerome G. Lee and Morgan, Finnegan, Durham & Pine, New York City, William A. Grimes and Ober, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellees and cross-appellants.

Before SOBELOFF, WINTER and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Chemithon Corporation, holder of United States patents 3,024,258 and 3,058,920, for making synthetic detergents, brought this action against Procter & Gamble Company, charging infringement of its patents and misappropriation of its trade secrets. P & G challenged the validity of the patents and sought attorneys' fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285.

The district court held that P & G used the processes...

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