EATON CORP. v. APPLIANCE VALVES CORP.

Appeal No. 85-2406.

790 F.2d 874 (1986)

EATON CORPORATION, Appellant, v. APPLIANCE VALVES CORPORATION, Thomas R. Krzewina, William R. Donahue, Jr., David F. Miller, and Design & Manufacturing Corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

April 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher B. Fagan, Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & McKee, Cleveland, Ohio, argued for appellant.

David M. Mattingly, Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan, Indianapolis, Ind., Albert E. Strasser, Frost & Jacobs, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Joseph T. Bumbleburg, Ball Eggleston Bumbleburg & McBride, Lafayette, Ind., argued, for appellees. With them on brief were Michael A. Wukmer, Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan, Indianapolis, Ind., Thomas W. Eggleston, Ball Eggleston, Bumbleburg & McBride, Lafayette, Ind. and Peter D. Shaw, Shaw & Wilhote, Connerville, Ind.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge, and ARCHER, Circuit Judge.


MARKEY, Chief Judge.

Eaton Corporation (Eaton) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana,1 holding its counts of misappropriation, breach of employment contract, breach of fiduciary duties, unfair trade practices, and interference with contractual relationships, unsupported by the evidence, and holding its United States Patent No. 4,387,878 to Zukausky ('878 patent) invalid for obviousness...

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