Handgards, Inc., a Corporation v. Ethicon, Inc., a Corporation

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1984-09-26

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SNEED, Circuit Judge: Handgards, Inc. (Handgards) filed this suit against Ethicon, Inc. (Ethicon) for initiating and pursuing a series of bad faith patent infringement suits in an attempt to monopolize the market for heat-sealed plastic gloves sold to manufacturers of home hair coloring kits. A jury returned a verdict in favor of…

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