Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit August 4, 1972, 26703 (Coastal Dynamics Corporation, and v. Symbolic Displays, Inc., and Gerald A. Curl, And)

PER CURIAM:

The summary judgment of the district court that Coastal Dynamics design patent 208,474 on a miniature electric lamp is invalid is affirmed.

As a general rule, summary judgments in patent cases do not fare well, except experience does show they are sometimes appropriate in design patents which usually do not involve complicated factual situations.