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· 5/26/1976

Capri Jewelry Incorporated and Tancer & Two, Inc. v. Hattie Carnegie Jewelry Enterprises, Ltd., and Bill G. James

Citations

  • 539 F.2d 846
  • 191 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 11
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 8839

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  • patent holder cannot use doctrine of equivalents to broaden claims which it previously narrowed in order to distinguish invention from prior art

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Judges: Friendly, Hays, Mes-Kill

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