Martini v. Great Lakes Products, Inc.

PICARD, District Judge.

As the result of pretrials the issues in this case were limited to

*8481. Is claim 4 of the Martini patent, No. 2,712,419, covered by the prior art; and

2. Does defendant infringe plaintiff’s patent?

Statement of Facts Plaintiff brings this action on the theory that defendant infringed that patent’s claim 4 which is as follows—

“In a casting reel, a line-carrying spool fixed to a reciprocable spindle, a rotatable flier surrounding said spool and having a semi-circular line guiding bail pivotally mounted thereon, an operating crank and driving means to effect the simultaneous…