FMC CORP. v. MANITOWOC CO., INC.

No. 87-1220.

835 F.2d 1411 (1987)

FMC CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The MANITOWOC COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

December 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond P. Niro, Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., argued, for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief, were Timothy J. Haller and Robert A. Vitale, Jr. Also on the brief, were Richard B. Megley, and Ronald C. Kamp, and Paul E. Slater and Jerry M. Santangelo, Sperling, Slater & Spitz, P.C., Chicago, Ill.

Phillip H. Mayer, of Leydig, Voit & Mayer, and Richard S. Rhodes, Chadwell & Kayser, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., argued, for defendant-appellee. Also on the brief were Berton Scott Sheppard and Charles H. Mottier, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, and C. Lee Cook, Jr., Brian J. Redding, Marsha K. Hoover and Julia D. Mannix, of Chadwell & Kayser, Ltd., Chicago, Ill.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, BALDWIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SMITH, Circuit Judge.


MARKEY, Chief Judge.

Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division (Hart, J.), upholding the validity of U.S. Patent No. 3,485,383 ('383) owned by The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (Manitowoc), finding the '383 patent not infringed by FMC Corporation (FMC), and resolving the issues raised by FMC's claims of inequitable conduct, attorney fees, antitrust violation, and unfair competition in favor of Manitowoc...

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