IN RE COLE PATENT LITIGATION

Civ. A. Nos. 79-243, 79-491.

606 F.Supp. 45 (1984)

In re COLE PATENT LITIGATION. RCA CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. HAZELTINE CORPORATION, Defendant. LEAR SIEGLER, INC., Plaintiff, v. RCA CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

July 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Wade, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., John Farley, William Gilbreth, Norman Beamer, Fish & Neave, New York City, Albert Russinoff, RCA Corp., Princeton, N.J., for RCA.

James L. Holzman, Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, Del., Edwin L. Hartz, Christie, Parker & Hale, Pasadena, Cal., for Lear Siegler.

Daniel F. Wolcott, Jr., Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., Dana M. Raymond, James M. Maune, Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond, New York City, for Hazeltine.

Richard L. Sutton, Thomas Reed Hunt, Jr., Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., John F. Pritchard, Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York City, for Esprit Systems, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

STAPLETON, Chief Judge.

I. THE INFRINGEMENT ISSUE

This Court held (1) that the Cole patent was anticipated by Dirks and accordingly invalid, and (2) that the accused devices would infringe the Cole patent if it were valid. 558 F.Supp. 937. RCA appealed from the determination of invalidity; HLA did not appeal from the determination that the accused devices fell within the scope of the Cole...

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