COLORTRONIC REINHARD & CO. v. PLASTIC CONTROLS

Nos. 80-1698, 80-1733.

668 F.2d 1 (1981)

COLORTRONIC REINHARD & CO., K.G., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. PLASTIC CONTROLS, INC., Defendant, Appellant. COLORTRONIC REINHARD & CO., K.G., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. PLASTIC CONTROLS, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Schiller and Robert J. Schiller, Jr., Waltham, Mass., with whom Schiller & Pandiscio, Waltham, Mass., was on brief, for Plastic Controls, Inc.

G. Franklin Rothwell, Washington, D. C., with whom Donald N. Huff, and Bernard, Rothwell & Brown, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for Colortronic Reinhard & Co., K.G. and Colortronics, Inc.

Before CAMPBELL, VAN DUSEN and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Colortronic Reinhard & Company, K.G., and Colortronics, Inc. (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Colortronics") appeal from the district court's judgment, 496 F.Supp. 259, declaring Colortronics' patent, No. 3,814,296 (more particularly its Claims 1 and 5) invalid for obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103; its holding that defendant Plastic Controls, Inc. ("PCI") did not...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases