BRUNSWICK CORP. v. RIEGEL TEXTILE CORP.

No. 84-1334.

752 F.2d 261 (1984)

BRUNSWICK CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RIEGEL TEXTILE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin C. Heininger, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

J.D. Fleming, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 18, 1985.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Brunswick Corporation appeals from the dismissal, on the pleadings, of its antitrust suit against Riegel Textile Corporation. 578 F.Supp. 893 (N.D.Ill.1983). The appeal requires us to consider aspects of the relationship between patent and antitrust law.

The complaint alleges that in 1967 Brunswick invented a new process for making...

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