VAUPEL TEXTILMASCHINEN v. MECCANICA EURO ITALIA

Nos. 90-1397, 90-1422.

944 F.2d 870 (1991)

VAUPEL TEXTILMASCHINEN KG and Vaupel North America, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MECCANICA EURO ITALIA S.P.A. and American Trim Products, Inc., Defendants/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin M. Goldenberg, Christensen, O'Connor, Johnson & Kindness, Seattle, Wash., argued, for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief, were Michael W. Bocianowski and Jeffrey W. Reis. Also on the brief, was Charles W. Helzer, Arnold, Md.

Gregory B. Wood, Nilsson, Robbins, Dalgarn, Berliner, Carson & Wurst, Los Angeles, Cal., and Susan Lerner, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for defendants/cross-appellants.

Before NEWMAN, LOURIE and RADER, Circuit Judges.


LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal and cross-appeal are from the June 1, 1990, judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, ST-C-88-127. The court, in a suit brought by Vaupel Textil-maschinen KG (Vaupel KG) and Vaupel North America (Vaupel NA) (collectively Vaupel), found that Meccanica Euro Italia, S.P.A. and American Trim Products (collectively MEI) infringed U.S. Patent 3,961,650 ('650 patent), but that Vaupel was barred...

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