Legal Opinion
Tidewater Patent Development Company, Incorporated v. Gillette Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1960No. 7843_1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is taken from a judgment of the District Court in an action brought under 35 U.S.C. § 146 (derived from R.S. § 4915) to determine the correctness of a decision of the Board of Patent Interferences in the United States Patent Office whereby priority was awarded to Everett G. McDonough over Harry Martin with respect to an invention relating to the permanent waving of human hair. After a hearing in the District Court the judge came to the opposite conclusion and accordingly held that Martin was the first inventor and authorized the Patent Office to issue a patent…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Morgan v. DanielsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Sanford v. KepnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Hill v. WoosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. v. Sales Affiliates, Inc. Gillette Safety Razor Co. v. Sales Affiliates, IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. v. Sales Affiliates, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1952
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Tidewater Patent Development Company, Incorporated v. K. M. Kitchen and Virginia M. Kitchen, Partners Trading as K. M. Kitchenbeauty Supply CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Grinnell Corporation v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER COMPANYDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1967
- John F. Cody v. Aktiebolaget FlymoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Boyce v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- Cleeton v. Hewlett-Packard CompanyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1972
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