Legal Opinion
Shreckhise v. Ritchie
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided June 27, 1946No. Civil Action No. 183PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL, District Judge.
This suit is one for infringement of a patent, No. 2,341,392, granted to the plaintiff on February 8, 1944, The patent relates to an apparatus for coating transfer fabrics. The defenses are (1) non-infringement and (2) that the plaintiff is not the sole and original inventor of the apparatus, but that it was conceived, developed and constructed by a group of persons including the defendants Plumes and Ritchie, the plaintiff, and one Edward Wright, now deceased.
George W. Sandy was made an original defendant, along with Ritchie and Humes, but on motion of the plaintiff the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Larson v. CrowtherCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
- Altoona Publix Theatres, Inc. v. American Tri-Ergon Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1934
- McKinnon Chain Co. v. American Chain Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1920
- Welsbach Light Co. v. Cosmopolitan Incandescent Gaslight Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1900
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Shreckhise v. RitchieCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
- GAF Corp. v. Amchem Products, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981