BRUNSWICK CORP. v. CHAMPION SPARK PLUG CO.

No. 81-1957.

689 F.2d 740 (1982)

BRUNSWICK CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHAMPION SPARK PLUG COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Calimafde, Hopgood, Calimafde, Kalil, Blaustein & Judlowe, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Dugald S. McDougall, McDougall, Hersh & Scott, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before SPRECHER and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and DOYLE, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 8, 1982.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

In this patent appeal, Brunswick Corporation ("Brunswick") challenges the entry of a directed verdict in favor of defendant Champion Spark Plug Company ("Champion") in a patent infringement suit. The district court, at the close of all the evidence, held Brunswick's claimed patent to be invalid, on grounds of obviousness, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (1976). We affirm.

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