Legal Opinion
Metallizing Engineering Co., Inc. v. General Screw Mach. Products, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 2, 1950No. Civ. No. 50-119PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SWEENEY, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff is the owner of Design Patent No. 157,315 issued on February 14, 1950, and covering a design of a wave-type lawn sprinkler. It brings this action against the defendant seeking an injunction against further infringements and damages for alleged past infringements. The defendant denies infringement, and further asserts the invalidity of the Letters Patent.
Findings of Fact
Approximately measured, the plaintiff’s sprinkler consists of a pair of parallel tubular runners four inches apart, whose horizontal portions, twenty inches in length, rest or slide along the…
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