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JOHNSTON v. TEXTRON

Civ. A. No. 80-0644 P.

579 F.Supp. 783 (1984)

James R. JOHNSTON and U.S. Coupling Devices, Inc. v. TEXTRON, INC.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

January 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot Salter, Providence, R.I., for plaintiffs.

James Edwards, Providence, R.I., Maurice Gauthier, Boston, Mass., for defendant.

OPINION

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

This patent suit involving slide clasps raises issues of validity, infringement, intervening rights and false marking. The plaintiffs claim the defendant falsely marked its slide clasp as "patented," and infringed their reissued patent; the defendant disputes the allegations and further, it asserts acquisition of intervening rights pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 252.

In 1969 the plaintiff James R. Johnston, was...

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