1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 694 F.2d
  5. 694 F.2d 570 (1982)
 

CARPET SEAMING TAPE LICENSING v. BEST SEAM INC.

Nos. 80-6069 to 80-6072.

694 F.2d 570 (1982)

CARPET SEAMING TAPE LICENSING CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. BEST SEAM INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant. CARPET SEAMING TAPE LICENSING CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. VECTRON INDUSTRIES, INC. and Eugene J. Tasse, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter R. Taft, Munger, Tolles, & Rickershauser, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee in first case.

Richard Murphy, Murphy & Murphy, Fullerton, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Laurence H. Pretty, Fulwider, Patton, Rieber, Lee & Utecht, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee in second case.

William H. Pavitt, Jr., Smyth, Pavitt, Siegemund & Martella, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before CHAMBERS and TANG, Circuit Judges, and ORRICK, District Judge.

ORRICK, District Judge:

This case, which involves the validity and enforceability of certain patents on products and processes used in seaming carpets, is before this court for the second time. In the first trial, the trial court held the patents-in-suit to be invalid and unenforceable on two grounds: fraud in the procurement of a patent not in suit, which rendered the patents-in-suit invalid under the doctrine of "unclean hands," and patent misuse and violations...

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