IN RE COLE PATENT LITIGATION

MDL No. 401. Civ. A. Nos. 78-198, 79-243 and 79-491.

558 F.Supp. 937 (1983)

In re COLE PATENT LITIGATION. RCA CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. APPLIED DIGITAL DATA SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant. RCA CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. HAZELTINE CORPORATION, Defendant. LEAR SIEGLER, INC., Plaintiff, v. RCA CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

Supplemental Opinion January 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney M. Layton, William J. Wade, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., John Farley, William J. Gilbreth, Robert C. Morgan, Thomas L. Giannetti, Norman H. Beamer, Richard A. Inz, Fish & Neave, New York City, George P. Williams, III, James A. Drobile, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., A. Russinoff, Princeton, N.J., for RCA Corp.

James L. Holzman, Richard I.G. Jones, Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, Del., Edwin L. Hartz, Leo J. Young, Christie, Parker & Hale, Pasadena, Cal., Stephen D. Natcher, Santa Monica, Cal., Charles W. Bradley, Steven D. Glazer, Davis, Hoxie, Faithfull & Hapgood, New York City, J.T. Cavender, Dayton, Ohio, for Lear Siegler, Inc. and Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc.

Daniel F. Wolcott, Jr., Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., Dana M. Raymond, James J. Maune, Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond, New York City, for Hazeltine Corp.


OPINION

STAPLETON, District Judge:

In these consolidated actions, RCA charges Hazeltine, Lear Siegler and ADDS1 (collectively "HLA") with willful and deliberate infringement of the Cole, et al U.S. Patent No. 3,345,458 ("the Cole patent"). There is no dispute that RCA owns the Cole patent, including the right to recover for past infringement, and there is no dispute as to subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction or...

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