Interdynamics, Inc., and Smiths Industries, Limited v. Firma Wolf, Arend Wolf, and Trans Tech, Inc

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• holding that “a consent decree, although negotiated by the parties, is a judicial act.... Such a decree possesses the same force with regard to res judicata and collateral estoppel as a judgment entered after a trial on the merits.”
• abbreviated nature of contempt proceeding is necessary to prevent patentee from having to bear expense of reestablishing scope of its patent and patent's congruence with allegedly infringing product

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