MOLINS PLC v. TEXTRON, INC.

Civ. A. Nos. 86-446-JJF, 87-275-JJF and 87-163-JJF.

840 F.Supp. 306 (1993)

MOLINS PLC and John Coventry Smith, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. TEXTRON, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

December 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur G. Connolly, Jr., Rudolf E. Hutz, and Patricia Smink Rogowski, of Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, DE, Charles E. Pfund, and Philip G. Koenig, of Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, Boston, MA, for plaintiff Molins PLC.

Carl Schnee, of Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, DE, R. Stan Mortenson, Scott L. Nelson, and Lisa D. Burget, of Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, William K. West, Jr., of Cushman, Darby & Cushman, Washington, DC, for plaintiff John C. Smith, Jr.

Robert W. Whetzel, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, Willem G. Schuurman, Eric B. Meyertons, and Richard D. Egan, of Arnold, White & Durkee, Austin, TX, Todd Dillman, of Giddings & Lewis, Fond Du Lac, WI, for defendants Textron, Kearney & Trecker and AVCO.

Robert Jacobs, of Jacobs & Crumplar, Wilmington, DE, Richard E. Dick, John S. Pacocha, and Howard E. Silverman, of Dick & Harris, Chicago, IL, for German Defendants and Their U.S. Affiliates.


OPINION

FARNAN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On November 24, 1992, the Court issued a Memorandum Opinion concluding that U.S. Patent Nos. 4,369,563 and 4,621,410 are unenforceable due to inequitable conduct on the part of Plaintiffs Smith and Molins (through the actions of Dennis Whitson and Ivan Hirsh) before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereinafter the "U.S. PTO") during the prosecution of the ...

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