Mechmetals Corporation v. Telex Computer Products, Inc.

709 F.2d 1287 219 U.S.P.Q. 20 MECHMETALS CORPORATION, a California corporation, Mechmetaltronics, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TELEX COMPUTER PRODUCTS, INC., an Oklahoma corporation, Telex, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Daniel R. O'Neill, an individual; and Gary Bobleter, an individual, Defendants-Appellants. No. 81-5781. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 3, 1982. Decided July 5, 1983. J. Thomas Cairns, Jr., Nicholas & Cairns, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Gary D. Stabile, Mullen & Stabile, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before FLETCHER and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and EAST, * District Judge. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Telex Computer Products, Inc., appeals from a declaratory judgment that Mechmetals Corp., the appellee, holds a "shop right" to produce a computer part that is the subject of a patent owned by Telex. Telex also appeals from the district court's refusal to enter findings on several state law issues raised by Mechmetals in its complaint and in the pretrial order. We reverse so much…