SMITH INTERN., INC. v. HUGHES TOOL CO.

Appeal No. 83-677.

718 F.2d 1573 (1983)

SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HUGHES TOOL COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Certiorari Denied November 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Britton A. Davis, Chicago, Ill., argued for defendant-appellant. With him on brief were Edward A. Haight, Dorsey L. Baker, Chicago, Ill., Robert A. Felsman, Fort Worth, Tex., and David Brice Toy, Los Angeles, Cal.

James W. Geriak, Los Angeles, Cal., argued for plaintiff-appellee. With him on brief were Douglas E. Olson, Robert C. Weiss, Coe A. Bloomberg, Los Angeles, Cal., and John W. Schneller, Washington, D.C.

Before BENNETT, Circuit Judge, SKELTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and MILLER, Circuit Judge.


Certiorari Denied November 28, 1983. See 104 S.Ct. 493.

SKELTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which denied a motion of defendant-appellant Hughes Tool Company (Hughes) for the entry of a preliminary injunction against plaintiff-appellee, Smith International, Inc. (Smith) to prevent the further infringement by Smith of two patents owned by Hughes, which the...

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