Legal Opinion
E-Z Paintr Corp. v. Thomas
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided June 26, 1953No. Civ. A. No. 8454PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KOSCINSKI, District Judge.
Plaintiff E-Z Paintr Corporation, as licensee, filed suit for infringement of two patents. During the proceedings the patentee, L. P. A. Touchett, was added as involuntary party plaintiff, and Earl E. Thomas as party defendant.
The patents in issue are No. 2,427,581 relating to improvement in paint applicators, granted September 16, 1947, on application filed April 4, 1945, and No. 2,444,584 relating to improvement in sloping bottom trays and support structures, granted July 6, 1948, on application filed October 12, 1945.
The defendants deny infringement and, by…
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- General Electric Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United Carbon Co. v. Binney & Smith Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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- Touchett v. EZ Paintr CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1957