HANSON v. ALPINE VALLEY SKI AREA, INC.

No. 77-1444.

611 F.2d 156 (1979)

Alden W. HANSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALPINE VALLEY SKI AREA, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter P. Price, Price, Heneveld, Huizenga & Cooper, John F. DeWitt, Grand Rapids, Mich., Julius Tabin, John F. Flannery, Fitch, Even, Tabin & Luedeka, Chicago, Ill, for defendant-appellant.

Bernd W. Sandt, Midland, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LIVELY and MERRITT, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, District Judge.


BAILEY BROWN, District Judge.

This is an action alleging patent infringement, and the patent alleged to be infringed is a process for making snow for winter sports. The plaintiff below, appellee here, is Alden W. Hanson (Hanson), who is the inventor and patentee of the patent. The defendant below, appellant here, is Alpine Valley Ski Area, Inc. (Alpine). Alpine's defenses are that the patent is invalid and that, in any event, it is not infringed by Alpine, as is alleged...

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