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SLIP TRACK SYSTEMS, INC. v. METAL-LITE, INC.

Nos. 01-1187, 01-1196.

304 F.3d 1256 (2002)

SLIP TRACK SYSTEMS, INC. and Todd A. Brady, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. METAL-LITE, INC., Thomas R. Herren, and Gene N. Carpenter, Defendants-Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

DECIDED: September 11, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Joseph Trojan, Trojan Law Offices, of Beverly Hills, CA, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. Of counsel were Joyce E. Crucilllo; and Paul Grandinetti, Levy & Grandinetti, of Washington, DC.

Mark H. Plager, Law Offices of Mark H. Plager, of Placentia, CA, argued for defendants-cross appellants.

Before SCHALL, BRYSON and GAJARSA, Circuit Judges.

GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.

The parties in this case own interfering patents that teach a slotted header that prevents dry wall from cracking during earthquakes by permitting the wallboard to move up and down. Plaintiff-Appellant Slip Track Systems, Inc. ("Slip Track") owns U.S. Patent No. 5,127,760 ("the '760 patent") and Defendant-Cross-Appellant Metal-Lite Inc. ("Metal-Lite") owns1 U.S. Patent No. 5,127,203 ("the '203 patent"). Slip Track...

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