REFAC INTERN. LTD. v. IBM

Civ. A. No. 85-2020.

689 F.Supp. 422 (1988)

REFAC INTERNATIONAL LTD., Plaintiff, v. IBM, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

July 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Laughlin, Judson A. Parsons, Jr., Laughlin, Markensohn, Lagani & Pegg, P.C., Morristown, N.J., Philip Sperber, President, Refac Intern. Ltd., New York City, for plaintiff.

D. Peter Hochberg, D. Peter Hochberg Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, Roy H. Wepner, Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, Westfield, N.J., for Diebold, Inc.

Harold E. Meier, Gardere & Wynne, Dallas, Tex., John B. Lavecchia, Michael P. Murphy, Connell, Foley & Geiser, Roseland, N.J., for Olivetti USA, Inc. (Docutel).

Alan J. Hruska, Edward Hayum, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, Edward A. Zunz, Jr., Peter McDonough, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, Morristown, N.J., for IBM Corp.

Jonathan A. Marshall, Frank E. Morris, Maria McCormack, Pennie & Edmonds, New York City, Edward Dauber, Greenberg, Dauber & Epstein, Newark, N.J., for Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co.

Charles W. Bradley, Steven D. Glazer, Lawrence B. Goodwin, Davis Hoxie Faithfull & Hapgood, New York City, Richard D. Catenacci, John B. Lavecchia, Connell, Foley & Geiser, Roseland, N.J., for NCR Corp.

Ronald Santucci, David Kane, Kane, Dalsimer, Sullivan, Kurucz, Levy, Eisele and Richard, New York City, Roger Toner, Kuttner, Toner & DiBenedetto, Roseland, N.J., for Fujitsu.

Susan Lesinski, Dorsey & Whitney, New York City, for A.O. Smith Corp.

Robert C. Kahrl, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, Ohio, Roger A. Lowenstein, Dickson, Creighton & Lowenstein, P.A., Hoboken, N.J., for TRW.


AMENDED OPINION

POLITAN, District Judge.

This case comes before this Court on a motion for summary judgment by the defendants, IBM et al. They allege that the patent at issue, the Cook patent # 3,612,687, is invalid because it fails to comply with 35 U.S.C. § 1121, and 35 U.S. C. § 101-103. Additionally, defendants claim unenforceability of both the Cook and Nissman (patent # 3,609,690) patents, on the grounds...

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