Legal Opinion
Alfred H. Faulkner v. Baldwin Piano & Organ Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 11, 1977No. 76-1588 through 76-1596PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff is a patentee and the owner of U.S. Patent No. 2,811,069 for an electrical musical instrument. The patent issued on October 29, 1957, from an application filed on March 3,1951. It expired on October 29, 1974. Plaintiff prepared the patent application himself and prosecuted it on the merits pro se. 1
In 1973, plaintiff filed five suits against defendants claiming that their electronic organs infringed Claims 1, 12 and 13 of his patent. In each complaint, plaintiff de manded a jury trial in accordance with Rule 38(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and…
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3Cited by39 opinions
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