Legal Opinion
The General Tire & Rubber Co. v. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. The General Tire & Rubber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 20, 1973No. 72-2123 to 72-2126PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
This patent litigation began in 1961. It involves two proceedings. The first was a suit for declaratory judgment filed by Firestone in Baltimore, Maryland, 1 *against General Tire attacking the validity of a patent issued to General Tire, and in the alternative, claiming a royalty-free license. The second was a suit filed in Cleveland, Ohio, 2 by General Tire claiming infringement of its patent by Firestone (as well as by several other tire companies which have now been dismissed). In 1967 the Baltimore case was ordered transferred to the United States District Court in…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. G. W. Thomas Drayage & Rigging Co.California Supreme Court · 1968
- United States v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Radio Corp. of America v. Radio Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Calderon v. Atlas Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Lloyd E. Williams, Jr. And Mildred A. Williams v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Individual Healthcare Specialists, Inc. v. Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2019
- In re WyerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1981
- George Dickstein v. Seventy Corporation and Peter Boyko, George Dickstein v. Grantham, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Sidewinder Marine, Inc. v. Starbuck Kustom Boats and Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
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