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· 8/13/1987

Mga, Inc. v. General Motors Corporation and Lasalle MacHine Tool, Inc., Defendants

Citations

  • 827 F.2d 729
  • 3 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1762
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 475

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “The Kessler doctrine bars a patent infringement action against a customer of a seller who has previously prevailed against a patentee because of invalidity or noninfringement of the patent.”
  • “The Kessler doctrine bars a patent infringement action against a customer of a seller who has previously prevailed against a patentee because of invalidity or noninfringement of the patent.”
  • “The Kessler doctrine bars a patent infringement action against a customer of a seller who has previously prevailed against a patentee because of invalidity or noninfringement of the patent.”
  • “The Kessler doctrine bars a patent infringement action against a customer of a seller who has previously prevailed against the patentee because of invalidity or noninfringement of the patent; otherwise, the effect of the prior judgment would be virtually destroyed.”

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Judges: Archer, Baldwin, Bissell

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