Rite-Nail Packaging Corp., a Corporation and Donald B. Halstead v. Berryfast, Inc., a Corporation, Rite-Nail Packaging Corp., a Corporation and Donald B. Halstead v. Berryfast, Inc., a Corporation

706 F.2d 933 219 U.S.P.Q. 104 RITE-NAIL PACKAGING CORP., A Corporation and Donald B. Halstead, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BERRYFAST, INC., A Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. RITE-NAIL PACKAGING CORP., A Corporation and Donald B. Halstead, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BERRYFAST, INC., A Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 82-4159, 82-4171. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 17, 1982. Decided May 19, 1983. Francis A. Even, Fitch, Even, Tabin, Flannery & Welsh, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant cross-appellee. John D. Pope, III, P.C., St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiffs-appellees cross-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, PREGERSON and POOLE, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 Rite-Nail Packaging Corporation and Donald B. Halstead sued Berryfast, Inc., for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 3,432,895, the Halstead patent, issued in 1969 for a machine for packaging nails in plastic strips for use in a power-operated nailing gun, and for breach of a license agreement under that patent. Berryfast counterclaimed, seeking declaratory judgment that the Halstead patent…