· 11/20/1990
The Gillette Company v. S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Citations
- 919 F.2d 720
- 16 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1923
- 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 20138
- 1990 WL 181238
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- obviousness does not require “absolute predictability of success,” but only a “reasonable expectation of success”
- “[The infringer’s] skepticism is relevant and persuasive evidence of the nonob-viousness of [the] invention.”
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Judges: Rich, Newman, Clevenger
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