Penn International Industries, a California Corporation v. The Pennington Corporation, a California Corporation, the Bedroom, a Corporation, and the Comfort Zone, a Corporation, and William Pennington, an Individual American Thermo Seal, Inc. v. Penn International Industries, Inc.

583 F.2d 1078 200 U.S.P.Q. 651 PENN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The PENNINGTON CORPORATION, a California Corporation, the Bedroom, a corporation, and the Comfort Zone, a corporation, Defendants-Appellants, and William Pennington, an Individual Defendant. AMERICAN THERMO SEAL, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PENN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 77-2142, 77-3501. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Sept. 1, 1978. Rehearing Denied Oct. 16, 1978. Glen R. Grunewald, of Warren, Chickering & Grunewald, Oakland, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Robert J. Schaap, of Romney Schaap Golant Scillieri Disner & Ashen, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and from the United States District Court for Central District of California. Before WRIGHT and TANG, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, * District Judge. EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge. 1 We consolidated these appeals to consider two challenges to Patent No. 3,778,852 (air-frame water bed) held by Penn International Industries (Penn). 2 In No. 77-2142 Penn sued…