Legal Opinion
Swofford v. B & W, INC.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 8, 1966No. Civ. A. 13564PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOEL, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, Marvin K. Swofford, Marion F. Wright, and Pathfinder Oil Tool Co., filed this action against defendant, B & W, Inc., and seek to recover damages for the infringement of Letters Patent No. 2,826,253 and pray for an injunction against further infringement by said defendant.
Defendant alleges that the patent in suit is void and not infringed, and in any event, unenforceable, as plaintiffs come into Court with unclean hands due to their prior misuse of the patent.
Plaintiff Marvin K. Swofford is a resident of Houston, Texas, and plaintiff Marion F. Wright is a…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- United States v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Jungersen v. Ostby & Barton Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Swofford v. B & W, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Application of Richard E. Warner and Virginia Ann WarnerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
- Tights, Inc. v. The Honorable Edwin M. Stanley, Chief Judge, United States District Court Forthe Middle District of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Holmes v. Thew Shovel Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1969
- Application of Richard E. Warner and Virginia Ann WarnerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
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