W. R. GRACE & CO. v. WESTERN U. S. INDUSTRIES

Nos. 75-2574, 75-2563.

608 F.2d 1214 (1979)

W. R. GRACE & CO., INC., a corporation, Appellant, v. WESTERN U. S. INDUSTRIES, INC., a corporation, Appellee. W. R. GRACE & CO., INC., a corporation, Appellant, v. E-T INDUSTRIES, INC., a corporation, and Pyramid Enterprises, Inc., a corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Geriak, Lyon & Lyon, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Irwin C. Alter (argued), Alter & Weiss, Melvin E. Pearl, Katten, Muchin, Gitles, Zavis, Pearl & Galler, Chicago, Ill., Stuart Lubitz, Spensley, Horn, Jubas & Lubitz, George A. Maxwell, Los Angeles, Cal., Dennis Kinnaird, Munger, Tolles & Rickershauser, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees.

Before CHAMBERS and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, District Judge.


Rehearing En Banc Denied December 27, 1979.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

W. R. Grace & Co. appeals judgments of dismissal and the award of attorney's fees against it in consolidated actions that Grace brought against two defendants for patent infringement. We affirm.

Grace owns Design Patent No. 230,353, for a custom automobile wheel. In one action, Grace sued Western U. S. Industries, Inc. (Western). In the...

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