Legal Opinion
Specialty Equipment & MacHinery Corp. v. Zell Motor Car Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1952No. 6307_1PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal in a patent case involving Fleischel Patent No. 2,203,296 and Reissue thereof No-. 23,236 relating to automatic gear shift for automobiles. The judge below, without considering the prior art, held that the accused Packard device did not infringe the patent and entered judgment for the defendants. 96 F.Supp. 904. He taxed as costs against plaintiff $7,000 of disbursements by defendants for costs of models used in the presentation of its case. The appeal questions this order as well as the decree finding non-infringement.
The invention of the patent in suit…
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