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Great Northern Corporation v. Davis Core & Pad Company, Inc.

782 F.2d 159, 228 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 356, 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 19965
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit·Decided January 6, 1986·No. Appeal 85-2485·Published·Cited by 43 cases

Opinion

RICH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the April 24, 1985, judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 226 USPQ 541, holding valid and infringed all 4 claims of United States Patent No. 4,195,732 (’732 patent), filed February 28, 1978, for “Supporting and Spacing Member For Web Material Rolls,” originally assigned to Great Northern Corp. (Great Northern) and Presto Products, Inc. (Presto), by Davis Core & Pad Co., Inc.’s (Davis Core) support member (Rollride'r). Davis Core was also held liable to Great Northern for treble damages, yet to be assessed, together with pre-judgment interest, costs, and attorney fees because Davis Core’s infringement was willful. We affirm.

Background

The ’732 patent discloses a molded expanded polystyrene foam support for shipping rolls of web material such as cellophane. The support has indentations for receiving rolls and recesses in the side portions of those indentations and elsewhere allegedly to prevent the support from cracking during transportation by imparting flexibility to the support. The published Order of the trial court sets forth the claims in full together with extensive findings of fact and conclusions of law, all of which will be better understood when read in connection with the following drawings from the patent-in-suit and explanation thereof.

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Great Northern Corporation v. Davis Core & Pad Company, Inc., 782 F.2d 159, 228 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 356, 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 19965 (Fed. Cir. 1986).

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