Legal Opinion

Guide v. Desperak

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided October 22, 1957No. Nos. 269, 270, Dockets 24378, 24379PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Per curiam

Appellant is the owner of patent No. 2,674,963. He brought these two actions; one for patent infringement, and the other for unfair competition. Defendants counterclaimed for a judgment declaring the patent invalid. Both causes were tried together and Judge Dawson, in an opinion reported at 1956, 144 F.Supp. 182, held that the patent was invalid because of the failure of the patentee to describe his claims with sufficient particularity as required by § 112 of the Patent Code, 35 U.S.C.A. § 1121 The action for unfair competition was dismissed for lack of supporting evidence and the propriety…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. General Electric Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Leeds & Catlin Co. v. Victor Talking MacHine Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
  3. Williams Manufacturing Co. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. Parks v. BoothSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  5. Rowell v. LindsaySupreme Court of the United States · 1885

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Anton Lorenz v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
  2. Aluminum Co. of America v. Sperry Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1960
  3. Jamesbury Corporation v. Litton Industrial Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
  4. Kenneth Reiner and Frank A. Klaus, Jr., D/B/A Kaynar Company and Kaynar Mfg. Co., Inc. v. The I. Leon Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
  5. Jerome Gross v. Jfd Manufacturing Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963

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