Legal Opinion
Gotz v. Universal Products Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided January 25, 1938No. 1068PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
N1ELDS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs charge defendant with infringement of reissue patent No. 18,080 issued May 26, 1931, to Richard Gotz of Berlin-Gross-Lichterfelde, Germany, covering a needle bearing, being a reissue of the Gotz original patent, No. 1,717,204, granted June 11, 1929, upon an application filed March 25, 1925. All claims of the Gotz patent are in suit except claim 7 relating to connecting rod bearings. The defenses are invalidity and noninfringement.
The plaintiffs are: Leonore Gotz, a citizen of Germany and owner of the legal title to the patent in suit by inheritance from her…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Altoona Publix Theatres, Inc. v. American Tri-Ergon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United Shoe MacHinery Corp. v. Brooklyn Wood Heel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
- Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Calehuff Supply Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1918
- Charles Hunnicutt Co. v. A. B. Gaston Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1914
- Gibson v. Eastern Rim & Wheel Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1929
3Cited by2 opinions
- Gotz v. Universal Products Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1943
- Gotz v. Universal Products Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939