PFIZER, INC. v. INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORP.

No. 81-5227.

685 F.2d 357 (1982)

PFIZER, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION, Rachelle Laboratories Italia, S.p.A., Rachelle Laboratories, Inc., Rachelle Pharmaceuticals International, S.A., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1982.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron Cohen, Hubbell, Cohen, Stiefel & Gross, New York City, for defendants-appellants.

Robert E. Cooper, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ELY, GOODWIN, and WALLACE, Circuit Judges.


ELY, Circuit Judge:

Essentially upon the basis of the findings of fact and the carefully reasoned opinion of the District Judge, reported at 545 F.Supp. 486, 207 U.S.P.Q. 397 (C.D.Cal.1980), we affirm the judgment upholding the validity of Pfizer's Patent No. 3,200,149.

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