AUTOMATION ELECTRONICS v. SANDERS INSTRUMENTS

No. 80-4327.

704 F.2d 1133 (1983)

AUTOMATION ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SANDERS INSTRUMENTS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted November 29, 1982.

Decided April 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Harrison, Harrison & Harrison, San Mateo, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Harvey G. Lowhurst, Lowhurst & Aine Atherton, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Before CHOY, PREGERSON and POOLE, Circuit Judges.


POOLE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a general jury verdict finding that a telephone answering and sequencing device made by appellant Sanders Instruments, Inc., infringed a patent (the Giordano patent) held by appellee Automation Electronics Corp. The devices under consideration are small converters which can be connected to standard multiple line telephones by means of a plug and jack. Automation Electronics' device was initially hardwired while appellant...

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