Sperry Rand Corp. v. KNAPP-MONARCH COMPANY

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

In this civil action, the complaint asks for a declaratory judgment of invalidity and non-infringement of Knapp patent No. 2,253,037 for the cutting head as sembly of an electric shaver, issued to the defendant, Knapp-Monarch, on August 19, 1941. The answer controverts the complaint and asserts a counterclaim charging the plaintiff, Remington, 1 with infringement of the patent. The patent expired on August 19, 1958, and the counterclaim asks only for damages from May 16, 1949, to the date of the patent’s expiration without injunctive relief.

Remington has been…