Carpet Seaming Tape Licensing Corporation v. Best Seam Incorporated, Carpet Seaming Tape Licensing Corporation v. Vectron Industries, Inc. And Eugene J. Tasse

616 F.2d 1133 206 U.S.P.Q. 213 , 1980-2 Trade Cases 63,290 CARPET SEAMING TAPE LICENSING CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BEST SEAM INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee. CARPET SEAMING TAPE LICENSING CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VECTRON INDUSTRIES, INC. and Eugene J. Tasse, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 77-3721, 77-3722. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. April 9, 1980. 1 Peter R. Taft, Munger, Tolles & Rickershause, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for plaintiff-appellant; Laurence H. Pretty, Fulwider, Patton, Rieber, Lee & Utecht, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief. 2 William H. Pavitt, Jr., Smyth, Pavitt, Siegemond, Jones & Martella, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 4 Before CHAMBERS and TANG, Circuit Judges, and ORRICK, * District Judge. ORRICK, District Judge: 5 In this case involving the validity and enforceability of a number of patents on products and processes used in seaming carpets, at the close of the plaintiff's case the trial judge held invalid a patent which was not in suit on the grounds of fraud against the Patent Office. The trial court then…