GENERAL ELEC. CO. v. VALERON CORP.

No. 77-1323.

608 F.2d 265 (1979)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The VALERON CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold I. Schneider, Cullen Settle, Sloman & Cantor, Detroit, Mich., Donald A. Panek, Oak Park, Mich., for defendant-appellant.

Chester L. Davis, Jr., Barnes, Kisselle, Raisch & Choate, Alfonse J. D'Amico, William H. Francis, Detroit, Mich., Granville M. Pine, Morgan, Finnegan, Pine, Foley & Lee, George P. Hoare, Jr., William S. Feiler, New York City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Circuit Judge, PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge, and BROWN, District Judge.


BAILEY BROWN, Chief District Judge.

General Electric Company brought this action against Valeron Corporation, alleging that Valeron infringed General Electric's Patent No. 3,341,920. Valeron denied infringement and sought a declaration of invalidity because of specified prior art and prior invention. In the latter respect, Valeron relied, inter alia, on the prior invention disclosed by its Patent No. 3,310,959, the Diemond patent. These patents have to do with...

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