Legal Opinion
Aluminum Co. of America v. Amerola Products Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 8, 1977No. 76-1729PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
Although the game of baseball has had its memorable innings with the law over the years,1 this is apparently the first action in which bats rather than players have generated the litigation. The appellees, Aluminum Company of America and its subsidiary, Alcoa Sport Products Corporation (hereinafter referred to collectively as “Alcoa”), brought an action against Ameróla Products Corporation (“Ameróla”) seeking *1022a declaration of the invalidity, noninfringement, and unenforceability of Amerola’s patent on a metal ball bat (“the Ameróla patent”).2 The…
2Cases cited28 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
- Hotchkiss v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Sakraida v. Ag Pro, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Clark Equipment Company and Clark Equipment, A. G., Appellants-Appellees v. Louis J. Keller and Cyril N. Keller, Appellees-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Johnson & Johnson v. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1977
- Struthers Patent Corp. v. Nestle Co., Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1981
- General Battery Corp. v. Gould, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1982
- Jenn-Air Corporation v. Modern Maid CompanyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1980
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