Legal Opinion
Windsurfing International, Inc. v. Fred Ostermann GmbH
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 24, 1985No. 81 Civ. 254 (MEL), 83 Civ. 1691 (MEL) and 83 Civ. 3774 (MEL)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
At a social gathering in early 1967 two friends James Drake and Hoyle Schweitzer, then living in California, began discussing the idea of combining the sports of sailing and surfing to create a type of sailing surfboard. The requisite materials were collected in Drake’s garage where a makeshift workshop was set up for production. By summer of that year the co-inventors were ready to “launch” their first “sailboard.” 1 The craft featured a Bermuda sail with a curved boom on each side of the sail (i.e., a “wishbone” boom) joined by a universal joint to a modified…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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- Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- American Hoist & Derrick Company, Cross-Appellee v. Sowa & Sons, Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Windsurfing International Inc. v. Amf IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1987
- Windsurfing International, Inc. v. Amf, Incorporated, Bic Leisure Products, Inc., Windglider Fred Ostermann, Gmbh, Appellants/cross-Appellees v. Windsurfing International, Inc., Appellee/cross-Appellant. Windsurfing International, Inc., Cross-Appellant/appellee v. Fred Ostermann Gmbh, Amf, Inc., Downwind Corp., and Freeboard Sailing, Inc., Cross-Appellees/appellantsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1986
- Windsurfing International, Inc. v. AMF, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1986
- BIC Leisure Products, Inc. v. Windsurfing International, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- Windsurfing International, Inc. v. Fred Ostermann GmbHDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1987
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