STIFTUNG v. RENISHAW PLC

No. 91-1007.

945 F.2d 1173 (1991)

Carl Zeiss STIFTUNG, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RENISHAW PLC, Defendant-Appellant. RENISHAW PLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carl Zeiss STIFTUNG and Carl Zeiss, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Judlowe, Hopgood, Calimafde, Kalil, Blaustein & Judlowe, New York City, argued, for Carl Zeiss Stiftung. With him on the brief were Roy C. Hopgood and Ira B. Winkler.

James A. Oliff, Oliff & Berridge, Alexandria, Va., argued, for Renishaw PLC. With him on the brief were William P. Berridge and Edward P. Walker. Also on the brief was Milton Sherman, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, of counsel.

Before NIES, Chief Judge, SKELTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and MICHEL, Circuit Judge.


MICHEL, Circuit Judge.

Renishaw PLC ("Renishaw") is the owner of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,153,998 (the '998 patent) and 4,270,275 (the '275 patent), both directed to "touch-trigger" probes used in coordinate measuring machines. Renishaw appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, entered after a bench trial in consolidated declaratory judgment and infringement actions, in favor of Carl Zeiss Stiftung and Carl Zeiss, Inc...

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