General Business Systems, a California Corporation v. North American Philips Corporation, a Delaware Corporation Philips Business Systems, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and N v. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken, a Nederland Corporation, North American Philips Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Counterclaim v. General Business Systems, a California Corporation Shasta General Systems, a California Corporation, Counterclaim
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699 F.2d 965 1982-83 Trade Cases 65,177 GENERAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS, a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; Philips Business Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken, a Nederland corporation, Defendants-Appellees. NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, et al., Counterclaim Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS, a California corporation; Shasta General Systems, a California corporation, Counterclaim Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 80-4566, 81-4386 and 81-4391. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 12, 1982. Decided Jan. 28, 1983. Jon Michaelson, Hopkins, Mitchell & Carley, Palo Alto, Cal., for General Business. Forrest Hainline, Cooper, Kirkham, Hainline & McKinney, San Francisco, Cal., argued, Paul M. Rose, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., on brief, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before SNEED, FARRIS, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 In 1977, General Business Systems (GBS) initiated a…