Legal Opinion
Gates Rubber Co. v. B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co.
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided November 19, 1930No. 8739PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYMES, District Judge.
This is a patent infringement suit involving the two Gates patents; No. 1,354,738, a process for manufacturing endless V-shaped belts, dated October 5, 1920, application filed March 21, 1919; and No. 1,400,-539, for endless belts, dated December 20, 1921, application filed March 19, 1919. The complainant, the Gates Rubber Company, is the owner of both patents by assignment from its president, the inventor, Charles C. Gates.
For convenience, the first patent will be referred to as the process patent; the second as the product patent for an endless belt, manufactured…
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- Black & Decker Mfg. Co. v. Baltimore Truck Tire Service Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1930
- Royer v. CoupeSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Railroad Supply Co. v. Hart Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1915
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