AMERICAN SEATING CO. v. NATIONAL SEATING CO.

Nos. 76-2625, 76-2626.

586 F.2d 611 (1978)

AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. NATIONAL SEATING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd A. Heneveld, Price, Heneveld, Huizenga, Cooper, Daniel Van Dyke, Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant cross-appellee.

Charles B. Lyon, Donnelly, Maky, Renner & Otto, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant-appellee cross-appellant.

Before WEICK and MERRITT, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


WEICK, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought in the District Court by American Seating Company (American) against National Seating Company (National) for the infringement of its U.S. Letters Patent No. 3,729,226 ('226), entitled "Single Pedestal Transit Chair." National, in its answer, pleaded the invalidity of the patent and denied infringement, and counterclaimed for a declaratory judgment of invalidity and non-infringement.

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