Legal Opinion
Johnson & Johnson v. C. B. Stenvall, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 8, 1961PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOLOMON, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Johnson & Johnson, filed an action for damages and an injunction against defendant C. B. Stenvall, Inc., claiming that defendant, by manufacturing and selling an adhesive bandage is infringing plaintiff’s patent No. 2,703,-083.
Defendant denies both validity and infringement. At the trial, it appeared that the accused bandage, although inferior to the patented one, was practically identical to it, and I therefore announced that if the patent was valid, it had been infringed. This opinion shall be confined therefore to the issue of validity.
Defendant asserts…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Topliff v. TopliffSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Hotchkiss v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Smith v. Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Mahn v. HarwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Kenneth Reiner and Frank A. Klaus, Jr., D/B/A Kaynar Company and Kaynar Mfg. Co., Inc. v. I. Leon Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Oelbaum v. Lovable CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1962
- Johnson & Johnson v. The Kendall CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964
- Johnson & Johnson v. Kendall Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1963
- Karr v. Botkins Grain & Feed Co.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1970
- Comptone Co. v. Opti-Ray, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1962
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