Legal Opinion

JFD Electronics Corp. v. Channel Master Corp.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided May 22, 1964PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WYATT, District Judge.

This is a motion by defendant (“Channel Master”) for summary judgment dismissing the action. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56 (b).

Plaintiff (“JFD”) and Channel Master each make and sell radio and television antennas. They are competitors.

JFD brings this action for a declaratory judgment on a complaint with one count. This avers in brief that Channel Master owns the so-called Greenberg patent, a United States patent issued to it on April 16, 1963; that Channel Master has charged that “log periodic” antennas made and sold by JFD infringe the Greenberg patent and “has threatened plaintiff…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Smith v. Kansas City Title & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
  2. Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. United States v. Harvey Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
  4. Technical Tape Corp. v. Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
  5. Ostow & Jacobs, Inc. v. Morgan-Jones, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1959

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Hanes Corporation, a North Carolina Corporation v. Julien MillardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  2. State of Wisconsin, Cross-Appellant v. Odric Baker, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  3. Thiokol Chemical Corp. v. Burlington Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
  4. Thiokol Chemical Corp. v. Burlington Industries, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1970
  5. Sweeney v. AbramovitzDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1978

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