STEELCASE, INC. v. DELWOOD FURNITURE CO., INC.

Nos. 75-2170, 76-3061.

578 F.2d 74 (1978)

STEELCASE, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. DELWOOD FURNITURE CO., INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant. STEELCASE, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DELWOOD FURNITURE COMPANY, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Mitchell, Lloyd A. Heneveld, Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant in Nos. 75-2170 and 76-3061.

W. J. Sullivan, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant in No. 75-2170.

Hugh P. Carter, Birmingham, Ala., Garrett R. Tucker, Jr., Alan D. Rosenthal, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee in Nos. 75-2170 and 76-3061.

Frank B. Pugsley, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee in No. 76-3061.

Before SKELTON, Senior Judge, and FAY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

A chair manufacturer who deliberately copied the highly successful chair being marketed by a competitor justifies his actions on the basis that the patents for the chair he copied were invalid. National policy encourages competition on the theory that the battle of the marketplace benefits consumers. Because every patent creates a monopoly, Congress has balanced the encouragement of inventions with its devotion to competition,

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