TRW, INC. v. ELLIPSE CORPORATION

No. 73-1348.

495 F.2d 314 (1974)

TRW, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ELLIPSE CORPORATION and Ford Motor Company, corporations, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee N. Abrams, George N. Hibben, Chicago, Ill., Robert W. Poore, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

Norman Lettvin, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and PELL and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff TRW, Inc. appeals from an order dismissing its complaint against defendants Ellipse Corp. and Ford Motor Co. in an action seeking a declaratory judgment that claim 3 of Rhine patent No. 2,628,5681 is invalid. TRW asserts on appeal that the lower court erred in dismissing the complaint for lack of jurisdiction and in the exercise of its discretion. Specifically, TRW contends that it is not bound under...

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