Legal Opinion
Borg-Warner Corporation v. Paragon Gear Works, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 16, 1965No. 6491_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Chief Judge.
This is an action for patent infringement presenting the customary issues, both of which were decided below; in plaintiff’s favor. We will consider first the issue of infringement.
Plaintiff, Paragon Gear Works, Inc., is the owner of the Seavey pump, Patent No. 2,694,367. Plaintiff and defendant, Borg-Warner Corp., both manufacture hydraulically actuated automatic transmissions for inboard motorboat engines. Pressure for the system is provided by a pump built into and supplied with the transmission. For dynamic reasons the propellers, and hence the motors, of twin-engined…
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