Legal Opinion
Valjean v. Perfection Stove Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1939No. 7761PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
By emphasis in briefs and argument, and by adjudications below and elsewhere, the controversy in the present patent infringement suit appears to be essentially one in respect to infringement, with decision controlled by the breadth of construction which in the light of the prior art and the history of the patent should be given to the patent claims.
The-patent is No. 1,512,869, for a combustion apparatus issued to Valjean, October 21, 1924. The appellants are the inventor and his licensee, and supporting the decree dismissing their bill is a stove manufacturer of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- D'Arcy Spring Co. v. Marshall Ventilated Mattress Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. United States Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1935
- Directoplate Corp. v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1931
- Gordon Form Lathe Co. v. Walcott MacH. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1929
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Kaiser Industries Corp. v. McLouth Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
- Preformed Line Products Co. v. Fanner Manufacturing Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1962
- Remington Rand, Inc. v. Meilink Steel Safe Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
- American Seating Co. v. Ideal Seating Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1941
- Lunati v. BarrettCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1939
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