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COASTAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION v. SYMBOLIC DISPLAYS, INC.

No. 26703.

469 F.2d 79 (1972)

COASTAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SYMBOLIC DISPLAYS, INC., and Gerald A. Curl, Defendants and Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 4, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Kelly (argued), Ralph B. Pastoriza, of Pastoriza & Kelly, Santa Monica, Cal., for plaintiff and appellant.

Grover A. Frater (argued), Harvey C. Nienow, of Nienow & Frater, Santa Ana, Cal., for defendants and appellees.

Before CHAMBERS and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges, and COPPLE, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The summary judgment of the district court that Coastal Dynamics design patent 208,474 on a miniature electric lamp is invalid is affirmed.

As a general rule, summary judgments in patent cases do not fare well, except experience does show they are sometimes appropriate in design patents which usually do not involve complicated factual situations. We find this case to be one where it was justified.

It is asserted by Coastal Dynamics that...

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