HYPERTHERM, INC. v. PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 87-1489.

832 F.2d 697 (1987)

HYPERTHERM, INC., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Kerrigan with whom Kimberly M. Sack, Hamblett & Kerrigan, Nashua, N.H., John H. Pearson, Jr., and Pearson & Pearson, Lowell, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.

Ernest B. Murphy, Boston, Mass., with whom Gary Ellis Hicks and Wiggin & Nourie, Manchester, N.H., were on brief, for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Hypertherm, Inc. (Hypertherm), plaintiff-appellee, cut a considerable swath through the arcane world of plasma are electric heat technology. The firm exploited an industrial need and fashioned a lucrative niche for itself in the manufacture and sale of systems useful in cleaving metals. As an adjunct of this endeavor, Hypertherm sold consumable components and replacement parts for use with its equipment. Spying a good thing and wanting a slice...

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