Legal Opinion
Foster v. Magnetic Heating Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 23, 1968No. 65 Civil 1114PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMIERI, District Judge.
Preliminary Statement
This is a patent infringement ease. The patent in suit relates to the progressive continuous welding of metals. It can be used effectively with such items as sheet metal tubes.
The essential issues raised by the pleadings are whether or not this patent was infringed by any of the defendants *513and whether it should be held invalid for abandonment or unenforcible for laches. In the earlier stages of these proceedings the defendants relied upon defenses to the effect that the patent in suit was invalid because it was not novel in view of the prior art…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Metallizing Engineering Co. v. Kenyon Bearing & Auto Parts Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Woodbridge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Technical Tape Corporation v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- Technical Tape Corp. v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1956
- Gallagher v. SmithCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1953
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Grotrian, Helfferich, Schulz, Th. Steinweg Nachf. v. Steinway & SonsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- Julius E. Foster v. American MacHine & Foundry Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Marvin Glass & Associates v. Sears, Roebuck & CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1970
- Leinoff v. Louis Milona & Sons, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Foster v. Magnetic Heating Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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